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In real life, though, that specialist with 10 years experience has a 2 year waiting list for new patients, and you wouldn't even get in to see them anyway, beca
by JieJie 3y ago
In real life, though, that specialist with 10 years experience has a 2 year waiting list for new patients, and you wouldn't even get in to see them anyway, because they don't take your health insurance.
Meanwhile, the "100 high school students" on a mobile phone are the only medical consultation someone in Sub-Saharan Africa or Southern Asia is going to have access to at all.
"Why Not Both" would surely apply here. Maybe we can't give everyone access to a kind, caring, patient human doctor; but we sure can make coming in second place a lot less painful.
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