Why did no doctors speak at the hospital with charts and diagrams as to his condition and to any damage done to the ear?

[Peregrine Took]

No detailed medical information diagnosis and prognosis were offered to the public.

Even though it was apparently a slight wound, when an ex president is involved the incident is of great interest and one would think that complete medical explanation was in order.

We know he went home after being treated so he didn't require even overnight observation.

Very strange goings on indeed.

[live love laugh]

1. It's blatant DGAF in our faces corruption for power and profit.

[Scrivener7]

2. Smells like fish.

[Rebl2]

3. He likely

told them not to speak to the press. Don’t want to get on his bad side.

[getagrip_already]

5. Bad side? Hipaa forbids them to speak without consent...

They could lose licenses and/or be prosecuted or fined.

Those rights he would trample without even a first thought still protect him.

But here's a question. Who in the press has asked?

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

4. HIPAA

Unless Trump gives the ok, the doctors and hospital can't speak on personal medical information.

[Sympthsical]

8. I feel like health professionals on DU

Should have a google doc with HIPAA stuff that can be copied and pasted in threads.

The number of times it comes up and needs to be explained is . . . a lot.

[3catwoman3]

11. Various of us must have addressed this at least...

…a dozen times yesterday.

[Sympthsical]

14. That's why the C&P document

Save some keystrokes, lol. Fingers are people, too!

But the topic really does come up oddly often here and require the same explanations again and again.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

16. The number of easily googled questions that come up here

Actually surprises me. Like, it takes literally the same effort to throw a question in google as it takes to post here.

[getagrip_already]

6. Who in the press is even asking?

Crickets.

[sarisataka]

7. What earth-shattering revelations are you expecting?

A minor ear wound that received a few stitches... treat and send home.

[themaguffin]

18. I would like simple confirmation on what hit his ear.

[sarisataka]

20. A bullet

Or at best shrapnel from an object hit by a bullet fired at him.

To my mind the difference is inconsequential.

[themaguffin]

21. this is a significant event, small details matter and it also matters to the GOP narrative, if it was a bullet or glass

[Fiendish Thingy]

9. You have no right to a private citizen's medical information. Nt

[3catwoman3]

10. Even if HIPAA did not exist, I'm willing to bet that Trump would have forbidden...

…medical personnel to speak to the press because he wouldn’t want the details of just how superficial/trivial this wound is known to the public.

[MOMFUDSKI]

12. No

need. The clown is in the driver’s seat along with the Law all the way up to the SC.

[Intractable]

13. If there are no official reports detailing his injuries, he can lie about them.

[kacekwl]

17. I seem to recall

anytime a president/former president goes to the hospital after an assassination attempt or for any reason doctors hold a press conference to answer questions. Not anymore ?

[Intractable]

19. I suspect that we'll hear more about it in upcoming days.

[Fla Dem]

15. Because it was nothing more than a scratch. Nothing to talk about.

[notemason]

22. An "ouchie" on the ear

But a cannonball wound to the psyche.

[Zeitghost]

23. Somebody tried to kill a former President who is running for reelection.

I'm not sure how anybody could spin that into "Nothing to talk about".


This obsession some have with minimizing this incident is truly strange.