(Bill Cassidy)

  • @NineMileTower
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    3 days ago

    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.

    • themeatbridge
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      523 days ago

      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.

      • @[email protected]OP
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        303 days ago

        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.

        • @[email protected]
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          53 days ago

          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.

      • @AbidanYre
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        123 days ago

        See: Ben Carson, Mehmet Oz

        Rand Paul

    • @dhork
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      153 days ago

      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?

      • @rottingleaf
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        23 days ago

        They think that about colleges recently. Because there are woke people doing woke stuff in dorms all the time. OK, I meant, woke propaganda or what was that they were complaining about. Not education in general.

        • @AA5B
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          103 days ago

          Yeah, back when we went to school, no one was woke before 10am, now there’s someone woke all the time

          • @rottingleaf
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            73 days ago

            When I was at school, I’d be rather liberal with my day schedule and be woke at night and asleep at day often.

            But with a day job that’s kinda hard.

    • @rottingleaf
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      -53 days ago

      Politics is a bit more complex, you can support some party for a set of positions on various issues, while clearly knowing that some of their positions are the exact opposite of adequate.

      And then argue that after winning, say, a presidential election.