"The article quotes five MDs, asking them what they learned from the Covid period and how they expect their practices will change."
The question should be what did the public learn about medical professionals during the COVID scamdemic.
If asked most would say they learned that healthcare institutions are run by mediocre individuals who are captured by the pharmaceutical industry and most physicians are spineless and ignorant meekly doing what they're told by corrupted apparatchiks who intimidate them with fear of retribution. And they also learned that in the end, nobody really gives a f--k about the patient, hence medical providers willingly practice inane protocols even if it irreparably damages the young and healthy.
Just an anecdote, but I have pretty severe seasonal allergies to various forms of pollen. My wife usually handles yard work during pollen season, but when she was sick I had no choice but to head out there. Strapped on a 3M respirator and headed out to take care of the yard. Reduced the symptoms somewhat, but not entirely.
If my industrial strength respirator couldn't stop pollen grains, what are the odds that a cheesy cloth mask is going to stop even smaller particles? There were a couple of industrial hygiene experts who stated that these masks would not work, but apparently their opinion was not worth of consideration since they don't sport an "MD".
May 20, 2023·edited May 20, 2023Liked by Thorsteinn Siglaugsson
My conclusion as well. Whenever I see a person on the street wearing a surgical mask I more often than not think: Dupe. But then I try to put it out of my mind because who knows, maybe that person has an outbreak of cold sores or maybe he just lost a tooth, or she just had plastic surgery, or something. I believe people should be free to do what they want with their own face. Mask requirements never, ever should have been imposed on the public for a virus, and if they return I will fight them.
I learned long ago that no-one, absolutely no-one, will care about my health and my body more than I do... simply because I am the one who lives in it every day :)
May 21, 2023·edited May 21, 2023Liked by Thorsteinn Siglaugsson
I agree wholeheartedly; I no longer trust the medical system (unquestioningly) with my health. I still see doctors, but beyond routine exams (e.g. blood test) I do my own research before taking any unfamiliar pill. While I've not suffered any damage that I know of, I now know for a fact that in the past I was given many treatments that were known to be of little to no value to the patient. For those interested, see my Stack. I'm still waiting for a doctor to take me up on my offer of "Let's sit down, look at a few studies, and then we can honestly discuss why you think this is a treatment I should undergo."
Don't forget that the epidemic was growing exponentially which was frightening because that broke the laws of Mathematics. (Epidemics grow between zero and exponentially according to a logit-normal distribution.)
May 20, 2023·edited May 20, 2023Liked by Thorsteinn Siglaugsson
It's the same in every profession for which significant academic schooling is required. There is a top layer of high-flyers who take their profession seriously throughout their career and keep learning after they graduate (with or without a PhD.) This is a thin sliver of about 1-3% of the total profession. Some of these remain in academia, but if they end up in the consulting professions, the best clients know exactly who they are, and so do the guides ranking the top tier professionals every year. These practitioners flock to the major white shoe firms and - once they make partner - earn millions per year. Then come the more-or-less-fine, the more-or-less-acceptable and the deplorable classes at roughly 30%, 30% and 38%. Very few of these folks move beyond the professionalism they had when entering the chosen field....other than what they learn on the job...they are simply out to collect on their years of investment without putting much more effort into it. So the chances that an average client (who doesn't manage a major multinational business) would ever meet the top-flight independent thinkers in any profession are extremely slight. I am sure I can't either, even if I am at the top of my profession. That's why these inane answers don't surprise me at all. And why I don't trust the cognitive/professional abilities of 99% of the medical profession, the media, the justice system, the police force, the security and intelligence agencies, academics, the educational establishment etc, etc.
"The article quotes five MDs, asking them what they learned from the Covid period and how they expect their practices will change."
The question should be what did the public learn about medical professionals during the COVID scamdemic.
If asked most would say they learned that healthcare institutions are run by mediocre individuals who are captured by the pharmaceutical industry and most physicians are spineless and ignorant meekly doing what they're told by corrupted apparatchiks who intimidate them with fear of retribution. And they also learned that in the end, nobody really gives a f--k about the patient, hence medical providers willingly practice inane protocols even if it irreparably damages the young and healthy.
I’ll never trust a medical professional, scientist again, that’s for sure. Politicians are even worse though, endemically corrupted.
Just an anecdote, but I have pretty severe seasonal allergies to various forms of pollen. My wife usually handles yard work during pollen season, but when she was sick I had no choice but to head out there. Strapped on a 3M respirator and headed out to take care of the yard. Reduced the symptoms somewhat, but not entirely.
If my industrial strength respirator couldn't stop pollen grains, what are the odds that a cheesy cloth mask is going to stop even smaller particles? There were a couple of industrial hygiene experts who stated that these masks would not work, but apparently their opinion was not worth of consideration since they don't sport an "MD".
My conclusion as well. Whenever I see a person on the street wearing a surgical mask I more often than not think: Dupe. But then I try to put it out of my mind because who knows, maybe that person has an outbreak of cold sores or maybe he just lost a tooth, or she just had plastic surgery, or something. I believe people should be free to do what they want with their own face. Mask requirements never, ever should have been imposed on the public for a virus, and if they return I will fight them.
I learned long ago that no-one, absolutely no-one, will care about my health and my body more than I do... simply because I am the one who lives in it every day :)
They either haven't been paying attention or are a bit idiotic. Neither earns or deserves my trust or respect.
Nothing about early treatment? Or vax failure & deaths? 3 tablets? Vit C & D? IVM?
To review the official antiviral meds clinical safety data before using them?
That NPIs don't do anything for aerosolised viruses?
Back to school, I would say🤦♂️
I agree wholeheartedly; I no longer trust the medical system (unquestioningly) with my health. I still see doctors, but beyond routine exams (e.g. blood test) I do my own research before taking any unfamiliar pill. While I've not suffered any damage that I know of, I now know for a fact that in the past I was given many treatments that were known to be of little to no value to the patient. For those interested, see my Stack. I'm still waiting for a doctor to take me up on my offer of "Let's sit down, look at a few studies, and then we can honestly discuss why you think this is a treatment I should undergo."
Don't forget that the epidemic was growing exponentially which was frightening because that broke the laws of Mathematics. (Epidemics grow between zero and exponentially according to a logit-normal distribution.)
It's the same in every profession for which significant academic schooling is required. There is a top layer of high-flyers who take their profession seriously throughout their career and keep learning after they graduate (with or without a PhD.) This is a thin sliver of about 1-3% of the total profession. Some of these remain in academia, but if they end up in the consulting professions, the best clients know exactly who they are, and so do the guides ranking the top tier professionals every year. These practitioners flock to the major white shoe firms and - once they make partner - earn millions per year. Then come the more-or-less-fine, the more-or-less-acceptable and the deplorable classes at roughly 30%, 30% and 38%. Very few of these folks move beyond the professionalism they had when entering the chosen field....other than what they learn on the job...they are simply out to collect on their years of investment without putting much more effort into it. So the chances that an average client (who doesn't manage a major multinational business) would ever meet the top-flight independent thinkers in any profession are extremely slight. I am sure I can't either, even if I am at the top of my profession. That's why these inane answers don't surprise me at all. And why I don't trust the cognitive/professional abilities of 99% of the medical profession, the media, the justice system, the police force, the security and intelligence agencies, academics, the educational establishment etc, etc.
What I’ve learned is that you be been right to never have trusted them that much in the first place. And I’m a healthcare professional myself.
Spot on.