How did Theranos trick so many people when checking the result of a blood test is be extremely simple?

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Unless I’m misunderstanding something about Theranos, the claimed to be able to perform a blood test with just a blood drop, but I would expect anyone to check if their results was the same obtained with a regular blood test. A fake blood test is very simple to generate but almost impossible to get right, so how could people not notice immediately it was all fake?

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John Carreyrou gave an interesting talk in which [he mentions that](https://youtu.be/rM7CwmKZaaw?t=256) Theranos exploited a loophole that allowed them to dodge close scrutiny by federal authorities.

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