I recently read “My career of treating patients has ended”[i] on DemocraticUnderground.com and it occurred to me, “Why not give them what they want? It would be better for (almost) everyone.”
The author of the article is a physician who has practiced medicine for 30 plus years. “I've been able to deal with the years of patients who attended Google Medical School, and the hours wasted explaining things such as why cinnamon cannot be used to treat diabetes, or that garlic and beetroot can't treat HIV. And Lord save me from essential oils. COVID and Q finally proved to be the one of amateur ‘experts’ that was too much for me.”
Case in point: 38-year-old husband and father of three; none vaccinated.
The wife screams at the doctor because he won’t administer 1,000 mg of Vitamin C, or Hydroxychloroquine, or Ivermectin. If only the doctor would only listen to her, her husband would be saved. Trump told her so. Facebook told her so. And Weird Uncle Billy says so, too. So, clearly, the doctor doesn’t know what he’s talking; he must be part of [quote] the global conspiracy to commit genocide [unquote].
A nurse tells the wife her husband is probably going to die soon and is asking to see her and the children. But they won’t wear a mask, make a disturbance in the hospital lobby. Security escorts them out of the hospital.
The patient dies without having seen his family. The doctor goes down to meet the family outside the hospital and give them the news. “You murderer!” screams the wife. “You could have saved him if you listened!” she screams, as she knocks the doctor to the ground, breaking his nose.
So, the doctor decides to stop personally treating patients and move into “medically-adjacent” work. Meanwhile, covidiots fill our ICUs. I saw a headline yesterday that 19 states have ICUs with 15% capacity or less.
So, why not give them what they want? Tell the family that here at the hospital we practice science-based medicine, but if you want to give it a try themselves, you can go to the pharmacy and get all the Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin and vitamin C and D and God knows what else you’ve read about on the Internet or seen on YouTube. Take the patient home cure him (or her) yourself, if you think you know how. Your body, your choice. Goodbye and good luck.
Yet, I must admit it doesn’t feel right. Letting patients die who could live seems wrong. But logically, what is the alternative? Fill our ICUs and lose practicing physicians? That costs lives, too. Like a man who has chest pains, goes to the hospital. He’s got a serious problem but there’s just no room at the inn—the ICU is filled. Hold on, sir, we’ll see if there’s available ICU beds within 100 miles. Just wait. And try not to die in the meantime.
Sending them home isn’t pretty. It isn’t nice. It doesn’t feel right. Many covidiots will probably die who would have lived. But, on the other hand, it is right to force unwanted medical procedures on someone? Their body; their choice. Think of it as a type of medically (un)assisted suicide.
Give them what they want. It will be better for all of us (except the patient). But if that’s what they want, let them have it. We’ll lose less doctors, free up ICU beds for people who really need them. And families have the comfort of believing they “did everything they could”.
Yet, it still doesn’t feel right. Logically, it seems like a reasonable thing to do. But . . .
What do you think?
[i] https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216134658