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Re:Vitamin D looks powerful, underutilized for Covid-19 by MrTortoise on Saturday May 09, 2020 @05:47AM (#23123367)
A doctor should not refer to themselves as a doctor when a doctor of a different field.

That's just wrong and abuse of authority. If he did that on philosophy he'd be ripped a new one

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Re:Vitamin D looks powerful, underutilized for Covid-19 by wjnc on Saturday May 09, 2020 @06:08AM (#23123485)
"Dr." for 'doctor' is the continental titulatur for finishing and successfully defending your doctoral thesis, thus attaining your doctorate. PhD is one of the US-variants of a doctorate. Reading 'doctor' and thinking 'MD' for 'Doctor of Medicine' is a mistake, although understandable when talking about medical issues. From Wikipedia I understand that f.e. in Canada MD is an undergraduate titel.
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