Using Kevin as exemplary of ED docs is a stretch. And the reason ED docs like @darakass & @uche_blackstock (& hospitalists/CCM) are in the media talking about this is the disproportionate effect it has on us. Like a trauma surgeon who talks about gun control. This is our lane.
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And there are cranks in every field of medicine. There is nothing to me that suggests any specialty is significantly more subject to this than others. And the existence of cranks doesn't negate the expertise of others in the same specialty.
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No one said it did. However, ER docs do appear to have a special status among the lay public and press during this pandemic because they are literally on the frontlines. As a result, *their cranks*, however few in number, seem to have outsized influence.
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I have watched most of the EM docs with major platforms and they have done great work. There are contrarians and those with inappropriate confidence in all fields of medicine and journalism. Let’s just amplify the ones who do good work. K?
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