I would try to explain to you why you’re comments are totally off base, but like trying to explain to a patient struggling to breathe who “doesn’t do Covid”, I feel like it will be like talking to a brick wall. Please remember there are many medical professionals here on DU, including me, an Emergency physician who has been on the front lines in a partly covid denying community for the past 2+ years, hopefully not displaying my “moral cowardice”, always being held accountable in ways for every decision I ever make, no matter how big or small, always writing notes with the awareness that someone could turn around and sue me if my judgment is wrong, despite my best intentions and knowledge.
Yes, overturning RvW is beyond horrible, but for us, it is a new pandemic. My interface with this decision is very likely more direct than yours. Already, I have dealt with 2 miscarriages and 1 ectopic pregnancy since the decision. Fortunately my state is blue. I cannot imagine the position a doc is placed in when they have to deal day after day with the threat of being thrown into jail, lose their license and the means of supporting their families several times a week with every threatened miscarriage or ectopic that walks into the ED. And the agony that docs go through realizing that their patient has a life or organ threatening condition that we are being pressured not to treat. It’s fucking insane, but you know, we are (hopefully) on the same team here. What has happened has been incredibly rapid and we are navigating uncharted waters.
But I am not your enemy. Please don’t treat me as such. But even if you must, I will still do my best to save your family member’s life when they are confronted with a life threatening condition.
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