Elizabeth Holmes barred from federal health programs for 90 years::The former Theranos CEO is barred from receiving payments from federal health program.

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    English
    661 year ago

    For anyone having trouble remembering her like me, this is the woman that ran the scam blood testing company with “super-duper awesome blood testing machines,” that actually never worked and they just did standard blood tests at huge markups (read: committed fraud).

    • @tourist
      link
      English
      451 year ago

      she also did that goofy fake deep voice for some reason

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        English
        241 year ago

        She read that women with deeper voices get taken more seriously by people around them and can be seen here messing it up.

      • @frunch
        link
        English
        91 year ago

        In the end, that may be what she’s remembered most for

      • @TheGrandNagus
        link
        English
        91 year ago

        Our silly monkey brains interpret deeper voices as being more authoritative.

        It’s likely she was taking advantage of that human quirk to make her seem, on a subconscious level, like a better businessperson.

      • @captainlezbian
        link
        English
        81 year ago

        The reason is she got taken more seriously with a deeper voice

        • M137
          link
          English
          51 year ago

          No, the reason is she did it because she read/heard that it would make others take her more seriously. That’s not the same as what you said.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      11 year ago

      There is a tv show that I think is based on her in one of the streaming platforms. It features an actress posing the same way and using a low voice.

      I forgot what it’s called but I downloaded and watched the whole show.