Covid is this the real truth?

Originally posted by Ooogerbooger ↑

1. It's obvious when people post nonsense, that they lack sufficient knowledge or training.
2. Yes, I do. I am a doctor with two post-graduate Fellowships and a former chief examiner of a specialist medical college.
3. What is your evidence for saying the medical profession has become very politicized? The medical profession is made up of highly intelligent, highly trained individuals who have spent literally decades acquiring their knowledge and skills. That doesn't mean there are not villains and naive fools among them. However, when a doctor comes forward as a spokesperson on a health issue or representing a government body, they are no more politicised than is a public servant, a tram driver or a Royal Commissioner. The appearance of politicisation comes from your own bias, I'm afraid. You can trust what these CMO's say, because one other personality trait of doctors is that we are always itching to argue a scientific point and will surely start jumping up and down if you are being told rubbish in the name of medical science. Like I am now, for example.
4. Why the obsession with the Hippocratic Oath? It is not part of training or registration in Australia (or at least it wasn't in NSW when I trained!) yet we have the best doctors in the world. Swearing on the Bible doesn't make a witness in court tell the truth and swearing an oath doesn't make a better doctor.

When your motto is "the only person to trust is you" (kind of pathetic, that, TBH), you'd better be very sure of your facts.

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Hi OB
It is always hard to describe any profession, trade or occupation in a general term but I do stand by my opinions which are based on personal experience

After nine failed or should I say botched operations and procedures I certainly do not agree with your rosy picture of doctors, from my experience gained the hard way it is my opinion that only about 20% of doctors are worthy of the title
The medical profession is no better then the mechanics that fix the car, finding a good one is extremely difficult and they only survive due to the closed shop system that protects them

I have no knowledge of you or your skills and attitude to your job so my comments are not directed against you but the profession in general, in the same way as you have no knowledge of the poster you criticized
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IMHO it is only the nurses who save the system from complete disaster and that is changing as well,with new nurses coming through without even the basic knowledge of the body

As to the Hippocratic Oath, they are only words but represent to the general public a standard that all doctors should try to achieve in caring for us.

As to :- the medical profession has become very politicized-- it is a fact of life that the government controls the purse strings in so many ways in almost every facet of our lives therefore so many people are willing to pander to political requirements so that income will not be hurt