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Theranos, under the leadership of Elizabeth Holmes, used its connections to implement its predictive modeling strategy in Mexico during the Swine flu outbreak. Elizabeth used her Stanford batch connections to ship two dozen Edison readers to a hospital in Mexico City. The idea was to create mathematical models from blood-test results of recently infected patients to predict where the virus would spread next. However, the Edison machines functioned unreliably, producing frequent error messages and incorrect results. As the epidemic came under control, the project lost momentum.
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The outbreak of Swine flu at Mexico was seen by Elizabeth and Sunny as the perfect opportunity to demonstrate Edison's usefulness. The Chief Scientific Officer at Theranos proposed creating mathematical models from blood-test results of recently infected patients to predict where the virus would spread next. Elizabeth used her Stanford batch connections in Mexico to ship two dozen Edison readers to Mexico City hospital. Sunny and another colleague flew down to Mexico to test patients for Swine Flu. The Edisons functioned unreliably and produced frequent error messages and wrong results. Sunny also traveled to Thailand, which had a massive Swine Flu outbreak, to set up Edisons for testing. There were rumors this was not done by the book. As the epidemic came under control, both the Mexico and Thailand projects slowly lost momentum. Theranos pivoted yet again, this time from predictive modeling to consumer testing i.e performing doctor prescribed blood tests for patients
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