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If doctors are only allowed to parrot whatever the current narrative is, why even have them? This is such a dangerous road to go down, the US will tear itself i
by drugstorecowboy 5y ago
If doctors are only allowed to parrot whatever the current narrative is, why even have them? This is such a dangerous road to go down, the US will tear itself in two if things don't change course.
- polski-g 5y agoThey should also lose their licenses for the misinformation of hand-washing before surgical procedures: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/01/12/375663920/the-doctor-who-championed-hand-washing-and-saved-women-s-lives https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/01/12/3756639...
- specialist 5y agoYou don't believe care providers should be required to utilize best available science? Please, completely overturn our entire system of tort and malpractice. Pass the popcorn.
- rdtwo 5y agoIf they told you to follow cdc advice… that’s even worse than disinformation is actively dangerous to yourself and others
- specialist 5y agoYou needed the CDC to tell you that you should isolate, wear masks, get vaccinated?
- rdtwo 5y agoNot but I didn’t need them telling my coworkers to come to work while infectious
- drugstorecowboy 5y agoWho decides what the best available science is? It certainly seems to me right now that "best available science" means "whatever the people in charge say". Here's a question for you while we are passing the popcorn, if this is our "entire system of tort and malpractice", why do they need this special law?
- specialist 5y agoWho would you rather decide?
- drugstorecowboy 5y agoI feel like my doctor is in a better position to decide, if I don't like the results I can find a new doctor. If things continue on their current course that will no longer be an option as every doctor will be afraid to use their actual training and skill for fear of losing their license. You are absolutely free to follow the CDC advice, you are likewise free to find a doctor that does the same. I believe I should have the same freedom to decide. What is the great fear here? That people will keep going to doctors that actively kill them? Do you believe the general public is just too ill informed to know if their doctor is helping or not? Would a doctor who consistently gives bad medical advice and has bad patient outcomes continue to get patients? Is the risk of that happening worth handing over medical decisions to legislators who have no medical training?
- Georgelemental 5y agoAh, yes, The Science, that holy writ that was passed down from the hand of God Almighty at the beginning of all things and that has not changed one iota since.
- specialist 5y agoYou'd prefer omniscient care providers? Me too! Know any?
- Georgelemental 5y agoI would prefer for different doctors to have the freedom to try out different techniques. Then we can measure which methods appear to work and which don't, and I can make my decisions based on that
- pyinstallwoes 5y agoThat assumes that every care provider can perform the best available science. So it’s already an illogical proposition you’re standing on. At the benefit of great leeway, it’s highly unlikely that what you’re saying is realistically possible. There is a wide range of skill, and the “Science” is a moving goal post. Additionally, the bill and lobbyists can dictate what passes as “legal or illegal” without medical knowledge, training, or history of practice in the profession or industry. This is an attack vector to corruption.
- specialist 5y agoYou seem to know how it all works. You should be in charge. Just the rest of us what's right & wrong, good & bad.
- pyinstallwoes 5y agoThat’s the spirit! Now you’re talking!
- netizen-936824 5y agoPhysicians are repair technicians. Would you want your auto mechanic going against what the manufacturer recommends for regular maintenance?
- drugstorecowboy 5y agoNo, but the CDC isn't my manufacturer so I'm not sure this applies.