DO schools are way easier to get into than MD schools on average. So from that you can draw your own conclusions about the average ability of the individuals. But they largely get similar training in medical school and residency, so there is no reason a DO can’t be a perfectly fine doc.
Also, at this point it doesn’t really matter who is primary care provider is. Now the specialists are calling all of the shots.
This is begging for a Vince meme, but I’m not going to be the one to do it.
Someone on CNN made a good point that it’s not even about respecting Trump or whatever, we’re in a national crisis. We’re having conversations about the line of succession and isolating people to protect the stability of the government. People are scared. Now is not the time to run ads that might cause even more fear.
My mom has a UTI, and remains stable. No word yet on the covid test, or the lung CT scan and abdominal MRI. Hopefully it’s just a UTI that caused all of it and we can go from there. We expect to get word on the imaging tonight, but probably not the COVID test.
My Dad is going to be allowed to drop a phone off and they’ll take it to her, so hopefully I can talk to her in 30 minutes or so.
Most of the benefit (if it exists) is reported for patients who are on oxygen and suffering from symptoms but not yet in critical condition or intubated. The bottleneck in the real world is supply so treatment is reserved for those most likely to recover. Since Trump is President they’re just going to give him anything that he asks for and/or that might help.
Also yeah DOs are fine. Trump should be under Dr Oz’s care imo