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NurseGoodVol said:
The person and their character has more to do with the doctor they become than the school they attend.
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Person and character does not make up for education. They might be the most wonderful person in the world, but still make a mistake. Med school and residencies make a world of difference when it comes to physicians.
 
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tpsdave said:
Person and character does not make up for education. They might be the most wonderful person in the world, but still make a mistake. Med school and residencies make a world of difference when it comes to physicians.
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I'd say experience and drive matters more. Not everyone can afford the Ivy league med schools but that doesn't make them any less of a doctor.
 
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kiddiedoc said:
I would actually strongly disagree with this take. I trained with several colleagues who had graduated from "Ivy league"/prestigious medical schools, and they seemed no more prepared than those from state schools. In fact, I believe I had a lot more hands-on experience from UT, especially when it came to more risky/complicated patient care (surgical procedures, delivering babies, etc). Now, if you are referring more to international schools or the least-reputable in the U.S., those might attract less qualified candidates. The information is all the same, you just need a good spectrum of specialties and facilities available.

The quality of Residency and Fellowship programs becomes increasingly important in surgical subspecialties, so this is more applicable to your thinking.

Honestly, I think experience and dedication to life-long learning are perhaps most important for the majority of disciplines.
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You're absolutely right about surgical subspecialties; and I might add internal medicine or diagnostics. I had my own experience with that. Went to a a local doc here in northern Indiana. I had had night sweats off and on for a few weeks. Never had it before. My doc said I was fine.

I wanted to make sure, so I'll scheduled an appointment at the Cleveland Clinic. Result; I had Hodgkins Lymphoma. Being treated in Cleveland, and things are working out. Oh, and by the way; my doc at Cleveland Clinic is a graduate of Johns Hopkins.
 
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Tyler Durden said:
1. "I was joking" is the standard excuse when getting called out for making an obviously idiotic comment.

2. What's the difference between now and a few months ago in regards to COVID? Could it be that more and more people are vaccinated and therefore events where a large amount of people can gather together maskless is now safe?
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Like the Sturgis rally deadly?
Like the super bowl celebration deadly?

People have always been able to gather outdoors safely. The science never said otherwise. Which made shutting down parks, closing pools, and policing beaches pure power play.
 
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evillawyer said:
2038 total flu cases detected this year. Total.

Flu cases were at an all-time low during the 2020-2021 season. What experts say to expect in next season's vaccine
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I like the lack of continuity in the article. First line:
A year full of social distancing, mask wearing, hand washing and staying at home to prevent coronavirus spread rendered the 2020-2021 influenza season practically nonexistent.

Then it goes on to talk about the upcoming vaccine. Unless the opening sentence is poorly constructed, it seems behavior is more important than flu vaccine.

Personal opinion: watching how people use their masks, I would assign more benefit to hand washing and social distancing than mask wearing.
 
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McDad said:
I like the lack of continuity in the article. First line:
A year full of social distancing, mask wearing, hand washing and staying at home to prevent coronavirus spread rendered the 2020-2021 influenza season practically nonexistent.

Then it goes on to talk about the upcoming vaccine. Unless the opening sentence is poorly constructed, it seems behavior is more important than flu vaccine.

Personal opinion: watching how people use their masks, I would assign more benefit to hand washing and social distancing than mask wearing.
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I think it's interesting in that is shows how much more infectious COVID is. Granted, when the northern hemisphere shut down travel in the spring of 2020, that largely stopped the flu from spreading to the southern hemisphere, which in turn greatly reduced the number of flu cases that migrated back to the northern hemisphere in the fall. But still, just 2038 confirmed cases. That's amazing.
 
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tpsdave said:
Person and character does not make up for education. They might be the most wonderful person in the world, but still make a mistake. Med school and residencies make a world of difference when it comes to physicians.
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True. My father had some excellent Ivy League grads under him in his radiology group. He went to ut.
 
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