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If these are "doctors", I don't want them to treat me! ER is a different kind of health care! ER doctors are not virologists or epidemiologists. So, to use the
by nikolay 7y ago
If these are "doctors", I don't want them to treat me! ER is a different kind of health care!
ER doctors are not virologists or epidemiologists. So, to use their own example, you don't want a plumber to do your roof!
- balls187 7y agoApparently, they own a private Urgent Care center.
- nikolay 7y agoYeah, and the clinic is in the remote Bakersfield, California, not yet affected by the epidemic [0] - many fail to notice that important fact! [0]: https://kernpublichealth.com/covid-19_dashboard/ https://kernpublichealth.com/covid-19_dashboard/
- wstuartcl 7y agoAlso they seem to either intentionally or because of negligence take a sample of confirmed cases that has hard bias (general populations are excluded from eligibility -- you must have sometimes severe indications of infection to be eligible for the limited tests) to simply equate to a random sample of the state enough to conclude a state wide infection rate. Further they use those poor statistics to claim the mortality rate of covid-19 is similar or less than the flu.
- threatofrain 7y agoDr Daniel Erickson and Dr Artin Massihi have since been condemned by the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP): https://www.aaem.org/resources/statements/joint-endorsed/physician-misinformation https://www.aaem.org/resources/statements/joint-endorsed/phy...