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Re:The U.S. tried to build a new fleet of ventilators by barry-cotter on Monday March 30, 2020 @03:03AM (#22725826)
> It's definitely good and worth exploring in the future. There will be time to explore how to have smarter tools that can be used with a less general skillset can be developed. There will also be time to explore how to develop specialized and narrow curricula for such things - itself not a trivial task.

This will happen soon or not at all. The AMA and its equivalents worldwide have a very consistent attitude to anyone, anywhere being allowed to do anything a doctor can do. It should not be allowed. Psychologists should not be allowed prescribe; nurse practitioners should not be allowed practice independently under any circumstances, etc.

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Re:The U.S. tried to build a new fleet of ventilators by cycrutchfield on Monday March 30, 2020 @03:27AM (#22725915)
Pretty reasonable if you ask me. History is littered with quacks and snake oil salesmen. There is a reason why becoming a physician is such an arduous and selective process.
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Re:The U.S. tried to build a new fleet of ventilators by barry-cotter on Monday March 30, 2020 @04:09AM (#22726123)
> History is littered with quacks and snake oil salesmen.

Indeed, doctors did more harm than good until the early 1900s at the earliest, and we can only be sure that they were on net leading to lower rather than higher mortality with the introduction of antibiotics.

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