Doctors are are much more trades/crafts people than scientists. Among the several I know personally and/or professionally, few are current with the latest resea

Doctors are are much more trades/crafts people than scientists. Among the several I know personally and/or professionally, few are current with the latest research, or even know how to interpret it. They follow the treatment manuals they're provided, which do the best they can with the information available at the time. At the beginning of COVID, the manuals had to make many decisions on incomplete data; none of the drugs they recommended early on are still in use. Most of the world understands this. It's mostly in the USA that we deify doctors. Few have first-year statistics competency, or can critically read a publication. And that's fine - it's not their profession.