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floofloof@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago

Trump's pick for surgeon general quit medical residency due to stress, former department chair says

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Trump's pick for surgeon general quit medical residency due to stress, former department chair says

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floofloof@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago
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Trump selects an L.A. holistic medicine doctor for surgeon general. A doctor friend wonders whether her views on medicine sync with those of Health Secretary Kennedy.
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  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Well it’s a good thing that being the surgeon general of the entire country isn’t stressful at all, then! 🤦

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      Welp, wouldn’t surprise me one fucking second if it’s unironically going to be true for her because she just takes orders and becomes the mouthpiece for the administration.

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        That’s still gonna be stressful by way of weighing on her conscience, though, unless she’s COMPLETELY incompetent and/or a true believer and/or a literal psychopath…

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          she’s MAGA. Take your pick

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    People are calling her a witch doctor, which I find very funny because we all know what would have happened had a Democrat put up someone who says she speaks to spirits and mediates her illnesses away.

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      Hey now, let’s not drag witch doctors down. They’re the reason I arise.

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      Marianne Williamson was far less weird and actually quite well-spoken and based but they laughed her out of the room every time

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        Maybe she was far less weird, but she was still far too weird to be someone I trust in a position of power. A rabid raccoon is a lot less threatening than a rabid polar bear, but I’m not sticking my hand near either of their mouths.

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        Don’t start sanewashing that garbage. People like her are exactly why the US is hosed in 2025.

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    Well if her new role becomes too much maybe Elizabeth Holmes is available. I think this is about the right time to give Theranos another chance.

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      In the photo she’s certainly going for that look.

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        Right? It’s not even subtle 😅

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      Funny you mention that….

      https://www.npr.org/2025/05/10/nx-s1-5393950/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-billy-evans-blood-testing

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        ALL IN!

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    of course.

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      I mean, residence programs are bullshit that was started to cover for the creator’s stimulant abuse. It absolutely needs to be reformed.

      Still funny that conservatives picked her.

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        Hospitals that make bank relying on underpaid residents: “Best i can do is mandatory coke habits”

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    At this point nothing surprises me anymore. (Yet still sometimes does, but not in this instance)

    Common sense left the room on January 20th. From now on it’s all either “forces of evil” or “miracles”.

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