Re:Two weeks later David Bennett is alive, his pig’s heart b...
by BoorishBears on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @10:47AM
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What on earth are you blathering about?
Comparing armed police sent in to deal with possibly armed suspects... firefighters who get sent into infernos... with doctors.
The risks doctors normally face from one patient to another are identical, so it was nonsensical to say they were risking their life for a specific patient. Especially since we've known how to protect from _normal_ bloodborne and airborne pathogens for a long time. The difference is COVID had no vaccine and treatment was limited at the time, it was repeatedly a death sentence.
Comparing armed police sent in to deal with possibly armed suspects... firefighters who get sent into infernos... with doctors.
The risks doctors normally face from one patient to another are identical, so it was nonsensical to say they were risking their life for a specific patient. Especially since we've known how to protect from _normal_ bloodborne and airborne pathogens for a long time. The difference is COVID had no vaccine and treatment was limited at the time, it was repeatedly a death sentence.
That's why COVID already forced a rethinking of how far we expect providers to go to save someone: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.120.006...
There's a good reason you're not a doctor, let's leave it at that.