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dent9876543 | 1 year ago
I didn't read it before, but now I have and it's interesting.
Quoting their medical director:
> "Our request of the board is that we would be able to carry and offer those > (vaccines), recognizing that we always have these discussions of risks and > benefits," Dr. Perry Jansen said at the meeting. "This is not a blind, > everybody-gets-a-shot approach. This is a thoughtful approach."
On the face of it, that argument makes the about restriction nonsensical.
Yet it is not correct in the way that one would want it to be understood — the 'discussions' have been between PH and government agencies. Even now, only the boldest doctor would feel safe to have a wide-ranging conversation about COVID. The 'safe and effective' line is truly the safest line for a doctor concerned to continue their career.
Their board director is reported as having said:
> [...] the board had overstepped the relationship between patients and > their doctors [...].
The irony is of course that (for COVID shots at least), there never was any relationship between patients and their doctors.
In their arguments, both Dr. Perry and Dir. Aberasturi are both fundamentally misunderstanding what patient-centred care looks like, which frankly says lot.
The consequence is that COVID shots are effectively band in these counties, which is not so smart. But as a kick towards a 'reset', hopefully ending with doctors interacting more directly with patients would be no bad outcome in my view.
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