"I was like pragmatic with myself and said, ok, well, maybe you'll spend a couple of years being alone for a while in a prison," she says. "But honestly, mmiha the idea of knowing what i knew, and having not done anything, and knowing that there was something that i could have done about it and i didn't do anything ... That's the real prison, right? Like, that would have been so hard for me to live with myself." Theranos lab is now barred from operating a patient testinga lab ever again.
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Erika Cheung’s first job out of college was as a scientist at the now infamous biotech company, Theranos. Erika realized early on that the company’s proprietary technology was not delivering accurate blood results to patients. And even though she had so much to lose by speaking out, she saw no other option.
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