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It’s so incredibly damaging to the institution of the Presidency that you can’t trust a single word of any of these people. Who has the credibility right now to
by mikeyouse 6y ago
It’s so incredibly damaging to the institution of the Presidency that you can’t trust a single word of any of these people. Who has the credibility right now to provide an update on the health of the president? Maybe Fauci?
- wyldfire 6y agoI suppose. But his expertise is infectious disease and not primary / intensive care, right? I'm guessing he hasn't treated many patients. However I think he does have the requisite credibility among most of the population anyways.
- evan_ 6y agoMaybe a joint statement from, say, Pence and Pelosi, (#1 and #2 in the line of succession) but I don’t know how you get them on the same page and I do NOT want them in the same room right now...
- suddenstutter 6y agoTrust noone. Not even yourself.
- nradov 6y agoDr. Fauci is not one of the president's physicians and has no direct access to his medical records. Fauci has an entirely different role in the NIH.
- mikeyouse 6y agoRight. Which is exactly the problem. There isn’t a single one of the president’s physicians that I’d trust right now after the last few days. I had hoped that staff MDs at Walter Reed would be able to provide a decent patient report in the form of “admitted at xxxx hour, administered remdisivr at yyyy hour” But they’ve proven they can’t even manage that.
- pixl97 6y agoWhy under HIPAA rules would they be able to give out any of that information?
- wyldfire 6y agoThe public interest outweighs the safeguards of HIPAA. But it's likely not automatic - up to POTUS to waive their HIPAA rights.
- warkdarrior 6y agoHIPAA rights can be waived away by the patient. Presumably the president would be willing to waive those rights in order to be forthcoming with the US people.