Oh, doctors. They think they're experts in everything remotely related to medicine, public health, pharmacology, and often a lot more besides. Just being a doct

Oh, doctors. They think they're experts in everything remotely related to medicine, public health, pharmacology, and often a lot more besides. Just being a doctor is in no way a qualification to speak sensibly about pandemics, economics, or anything else outside their particular narrow field of training and experience. Using motor oil on a daily basis doesn't qualify my car mechanic as an expert on the international oil supply chain; dealing with individual sick people doesn't qualify a doctor as an epidemiologist or economist. Maybe in this particular case your doctor friend IS an actual epidemiologist or economist, but I suspect that's not that case.