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In reply to the discussion: Dr. Drew apologizes, was 'wrong' about coronavirus threat [View all]GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Fox, CNN, MSNBC and on and on. They may still be licensed physicians but there real job is tv star.
And dont listen to doctors talking outside their specific field. A proctologist or cardiologist know little more about pandemics than a well read American. They probably touched on it in med school but then focused totally on their specialty.
I had the father of a friend who did heart surgery and was good at it. He would compare what he did to a car mechanic. Fix something broken. Of course it required ridiculously high training, skill and knowledge. But the point he was making was that he was an expert in his narrow field of practice. And had steady hands.
A perfect example is Ben Carson. Secretary of something or another. He was a gifted brain surgeon doing cutting edge brain surgery. But thinks the pyramids were grain storage buildings.
Have a pandemic. Listen to epidemiologist. And certainly not a debunked economist like Peter Navarro.