(Bill Cassidy)
congratulations to the GOP for finally entering the 19th century. perhaps soon the GOP scholars will discover the value of pasteurizing milk.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), a medical doctor,
There it is, right there. That snake in the grass! The Senator is a doctor, so clearly he knows nothing about the medical field.
But for real, Bill, this is what YOU asked for, so this is what you will get you fucking dunce.
Just a reminder that being a doctor doesn’t make him right. He’s right because he follows the scientific method to determine the best medical practices. He learn to do this while becoming a doctor. Having a degree and maintaining a license to practice medicine ostensibly means that he applies this rigorous, objective approach to all health-related questions, but that isn’t always the case. Doctors can be biased or corrupt just like anyone else. See: Ben Carson, Mehmet Oz. Trust is hard earned, and easily broken, and the great thing about science is that anyone can do it.
And actually being a doctor really isn’t the best degree to learn critical thinking.
You are taught how to be very good at memorisation, split second decisions, following protocols etc. which are different skills than what is valued in people like biologists and biochemists who conduct lots of biomedical research.
which are different skills than what is valued in people like biologists and biochemists who conduct lots of biomedical research.
Ehh… I wouldn’t say that your degree dictates your ability to think critically. I mean a lot of MD’s have biology/chemistry degrees and work in biomedical research.
I think virology is such a specified field of study that it takes someone with practiced experience to really explain it well.
I mean, I have a medical degree, but practice in orthopedics and rehabilitation. I haven’t seriously studied anything having to do with viruses in over a decade. Which places me in the same boat as the vast majority of physicians.
I wouldn’t really take anyone’s word on the matter unless they are actively working in the field at a reputable organization.
See: Ben Carson, Mehmet Oz
Rand Paul
I mean, he went to college to get that medical degree. Today’s Conservatives think colleges and universities are terminally woke. Why would they trust his medical opinion?
In 2019 I asked my doctor to boost all of my vaccinations. He asked if I was traveling to a third world country. I said, “Yes, the United States.”
It took three months but he boosted my MMR, my DTP, Hep A and B, and several others.
There’s places that specialize in vaccinations for travel that u can go to get them faster. Went to a place called passport health. Can’t remember if it was covered or not when I did it, as I put it on my employer’s credit card because I was going to china, Thailand, Vietnam, singapore for work all the time. Told my boss to deal w it when he said ‘why are there these charges on the corporate card’ haha
I went to a travel medicine guy in Ottawa when I was traveling to Central and South America. I went to my GP for these because they were just the ordinary vaccinations and he spaced them out per the manufacturers recommendations
Asked about reports that some left-leaning senators – like Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and John Fetterman (D-Pa.) – could back Kennedy’s potential nomination…
Apparently it’s just that people widely agree that the U.S. food regulations are a joke and companies get away with too much but they also won’t actually back RFK because he’s fucking crazy when it comes to everything else.
Fetterman has gone beyond conservative at this point. This article loses all credibility putting him in the same sentence with “left-leaning” and “Bernie.”
Can we please get some non-chat GPT journalists to at least do a cursory proof reading before publishing such drivel? Oof.
Is Fetterman still left-leaning? I heard he had gone Trumpy.
He suffered some brain damage and completely coincidentally shifted right.
For all my love on Sanders, I don’t trust him here. I really hope he votes no on RFK.
The only big disagreement I have with Sanders is his history of promoting dubious alternative medicine “cures”, thankfully he hasn’t done this in a decade or two but he did it in his early career.
Sanders has already shown his ass on h1b and immigration.
He is just confirming what those of us who followed his political career before 2015 already knew: He is a politician first and foremost and cares most about HIS legacy and popularity.
But will still vote to confirm of course.
