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to “practice” medicine through your financial business. Such harm you are doing. – TB. David Eifrig comment: TB, I suggest you re- read our essay. We took the time to debunk the myth that hospital errors are a leading cause of death. Your kind of knee-jerk “protect all doctors” reaction is exactly why I left ophthalmology... And by the way, ophthalmology and neurosurgery are the toughest things to get into. It means good grades, scores, and hand skills. You’re cutting into a living human. That’s something most doctors still take seriously, but some are too flippant about it. That leads to mistakes. I’m so bored with ad hominem attacks from lazy doctors that don’t know the facts and evidence and then, worse than that, keep on making errors and killing people. Think about all the lives saved simply by employing a checklist in the OR – how many folks suffered because a surgeon’s ego couldn’t handle a checklist? As a physician yourself, you should know that we need to be held accountable. Patients should always research their doctors and do their homework about where to get the best care possible. “Do no harm” is a coda I still follow today. And although I no longer see patients, I’ve got my thumb on the pulse of the latest medical research. The only harm I would be doing is to not educate my readers about the real dangers of hospitals so that they can make the best, most informed decisions about their care.
major leaps toward socialism, and we should be honest about that as a country as we decide if we want to go even further down the path of central planning and statist control. Republican misinformation and scare tactics! The country will still have a successful capitalist economy and democratic governance system presumably protected by an increasingly conservative judiciary. It’s likely that the country will fare better under a Democrat than under an increasingly delusional President Trump. – Thomas W. Buck Sexton comment: Thomas, I’d ask you to read my comment above to Ron, and also ask you, in what way would a Democrat President be an improvement? The U.S. economy is the best it has been in decades. By all the numbers – unemployment, the stock market, labor participation – Trump is doing a better job than his recent predecessors. We also are not escalating or starting a major overseas military conflict. So how exactly should we expect a Democrat to do better? Fewer tweets, and braver climate-change speeches? Re: You’ve BeenWarned... Dave Eifrig... The harm you are doing in trying to discredit health care providers is vicious. You have been out of the medical field for so long and you are so out of touch. Being trained only as an eye doctor to begin with adds even more to your lack of medical expertise. You dropped out of the medical care system and should no longer be trying
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