"Medicine is an incredibly hierarchical culture. MDs are taught to respect authority…Not a perfect system, but it mostly works as long as science is driving things at the top. However, infectious disease medicine in the US is no longer driven by science."https://mattmireles.com/be-afraid/
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@mattmireles, who was EMT/paramedic before tech. I don't agree with everything in the piece (future isn't yet written, press & state have both failed) but there is a lot of truth here. I'd counsel preparation vs fear, but the scenario described is not an impossible one.5 replies 4 retweets 44 likesShow this thread -
I've been wrestling with the ethics of talking more openly about worst case scenarios. I think that, as with climate change, it's important to TALK about them so that we can AVOID them.
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Yeah, I feel like this messaging is too fear-based.
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