[FRIAM] Trump as a victim

[David Eric Smith]

Conley is an osteopath.  Atlas is a radiologist.  The AMA tries to weed out the crazy or corrupt, and considering how many really good doctors they manage to train and certify from a broad public of ordinary ability (the category in which I would put all of us as well), I think they deserve credit.  But no institution is perfect, and in the US, they face an uphill battle.

Ultimately, the scum floats to the top, even if there isn’t an enormous volume of it.

Eric



> On Oct 7, 2020, at 2:41 PM, jon zingale <jonzingale at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Perhaps, to further flip this on its head, consider Trump's role on "The
> Apprentice". Here we find a man conditioned to play the role of a top
> executive on television. Believing that this means he is capable of
> competently navigating the top executive role for our nation is like
> selecting your doctor based on how well they play the role of a doctor on
> television. Arguably, we see this in the inability of a real doctor, Sean
> Conley, to play a politically savvy doctor on the evening news. On the other
> hand, Conley himself may not be a competent doctor as he appears to fail to
> grasp the spirit of the Hippocratic Oath. His medical advice appears to
> follow from the whims of his patient. Further, the overtly political display
> may fail to "First, do no harm" when it comes to setting a precedence for
> the American people at large.
> 
> Meanwhile, Trump continues to act out of his "scope of practice", by
> continuing to give medical advice to the nation. As the Washingon Post puts
> it, "Trump's not a doctor. He's only playing one on TV"[☤].
> 
> [☤]
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/23/trumps-not-doctor-hes-only-playing-one-tv/
> 
> 
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