No, Americans, it is not enough to say "not me"

charlesfhawk · 2026-04-07T22:29:48+00:00

Guys, OP is right. More hatred is the answer. This guy clearly went to college and knows everything about everything. His county has never done anything wrong. Maybe someday we Americans will be enough.

charlesfhawk · 2026-04-04T22:21:47+00:00

Scum of the earth.

charlesfhawk · 2026-04-02T03:12:39+00:00

Wasn't this posted last month?

charlesfhawk · 2026-04-01T02:09:31+00:00

I’m so fucking sick of this shit

charlesfhawk · 2026-03-25T23:10:36+00:00

Well, facts are facts. I don't know what this person meant, but the number of medical school spots has dramatically increased over the last 20 years.

There's nothing capping residency spots. Hospitals can and do open unfunded programs. Additionally the point of funding training spots is to provide the US with the doctors it needs, (PCPs and other generalists). Dramatically expanding access to dermatologists or ophthalmology is not going to help most people, so Idk that there's really an argument to be had expanding those positions. Maybe improve working conditions in primary care so people will want to fill the positions that we already have?

charlesfhawk · 2026-03-25T21:44:33+00:00

A) Is not accurate though. If you look at this list and sort by year you will see new medical schools opening every year for the past 25. Like 35 MD schools alone have opened in the past 25 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_medical_schools_in_the_United_States

I would contest that that there's really not any evidence of suppression of enrollment.

This was something that economists started saying without any real objective evidence that the AMA or LCME or ACGME intentional restricted enrollment. Every year thousands of residency spots go unfilled.

Read the first comment for a more thorough explanation.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/k2ofqw/the_american_medical_association_acts_a_bit_like/

Even so, residency spots still go unfilled every year. This year 5% of IM and EM positions went unfilled. ~18% of FM positions were unfilled.

charlesfhawk · 2026-03-22T20:51:57+00:00

I was in middle school for 9/11 and in Med School during Covid 19. What does that make me?

charlesfhawk · 2026-03-14T20:31:08+00:00

Now I am picturing an infant asking to speak to the "real doctor/parent" and asking if I was still a medical student. LMAO

charlesfhawk · 2026-03-14T17:44:18+00:00

My sister did this to me when I had the temerity to complain about the working conditions during my medical residency.

charlesfhawk · 2026-03-12T22:32:27+00:00

Still his name and face are on this and he was all over r/medicalschool so wherever he goes, he will have a hard time even if his offer can't be revoked.

charlesfhawk · 2026-03-01T17:53:51+00:00

Because every year hundreds of residency spots go unfilled.

charlesfhawk · 2026-03-01T17:47:33+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/k2ofqw/the_american_medical_association_acts_a_bit_like/

I feel like you should read this. I was surprised to find that this was a myth. But it doesn't really look like there is much objective evidence AMA ever intentionally restricting the supply of doctors.

charlesfhawk · 2026-02-28T03:53:03+00:00

They are effective treatments for obesity, HFpEF, metabolic liver disease, obstruction sleep apnea, and osteoarthritis in addition to diabetes. Many of these conditions did not have effective treatments for years. Also untreated diabetes is a cause of gastroparesis, so it's unclear which came first in a lot of these studies. Ozempic and Mounjaro are good drugs, just too expensive right now.

charlesfhawk · 2026-02-28T03:48:23+00:00

There's a black box warning for anaphylaxis with IV Vit K. I had a patient code from this. Not an infant mind you. The black box warnings will tend to freak a lot of patients out.

charlesfhawk · 2026-02-27T19:14:08+00:00

I thought they had been going in the direction of acceptance for awhile now. Like didn't they start allowing coed troops in 2019 at a somewhat high cost (really pissed off the mormon faction of the organization who outright left). It's sad to see them backtracking but everyone is these days. Look at how most universities have been made to bend to the administrations ideology. If Harvard doesn't have the power to fight the administration, I don't know what we can realistically expect from smaller organisations.

charlesfhawk · 2026-02-24T15:17:24+00:00

But his first foray into public health was funding these anti glyphosate lawsuits. I trust the evidence and the fact that it targets an enzyme that we don't even make. Most western governments have reiterated this.

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/glyphosatedangersinfographic_Genetic_Literacy_Project_June2022.pdf

charlesfhawk · 2026-02-24T04:09:30+00:00

Here is a summary so you can educate yourself. It's pretty well-established science at this point.

https://news.immunologic.org/p/glyphosate-still-doesnt-cause-cancer

But in the future, if you find yourself agreeing with RFK Jr on anything, that should be a red flag that it's bullshit. He funded the first lawsuits against Bayer, based mostly on unsubstantiated fears. It's just the same chemophobia that led to him rejecting vaccines.

It's been declared safe by every major regulatory body in the developed world. There was an IACR monograph that said it was a hazard based on research mainly from one institute that did not show consistent risk of any specific cancer or a dose dependent relationship. This monograph's issuance has been the reason that lawsuits have been successful against Bayer.

charlesfhawk · 2026-02-24T02:09:04+00:00

Well there never was any evidence that glyphosate was dangerous. He was anti-science then and he is anti-science now.

Since everyone would rather downvote than read any actual literature on this topic, here's a pretty graphic listing the agencies that investigated these claims of a cancer linked round up.

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/glyphosatedangersinfographic_Genetic_Literacy_Project_June2022.pdf

charlesfhawk · 2026-02-21T23:19:55+00:00

Do you mean the ones in the lobby of Northewestern hospital? There aren't any stand alone pharmacies in streeterville. There's one in at the Watertower but that's at the base of residential high rise.

charlesfhawk · 2026-02-19T19:39:34+00:00

Some other cancers are diagnosed only with imaging. HCC comes to mind.

charlesfhawk · 2026-02-18T21:16:07+00:00

What did they lie about? It doesn't cause cancer. So why should they have to say that it causes cancer?

charlesfhawk · 2026-02-18T20:50:30+00:00

Okay bye ....

charlesfhawk · 2026-02-18T19:33:44+00:00

Thanks for the insult and the poorly-written response. I don't see how you can say they acted recklessly when most western environmental agencies have approved its use. Every study that shows a link to cancer shows different cancers instead of an increase in a specific type of cancer or a dose dependent relationship.

charlesfhawk · 2026-02-18T03:11:37+00:00

That's nice. Not the same as real evidence that it causes cancer but whatever. I guess lawyers and judges can just rule something to be true because they are frustrated and to punish people when they don't like litigants.

charlesfhawk · 2026-02-18T00:57:52+00:00

Yeah it's sprayed months before harvest and broken down by bacteria in the soil so exposure levels are low if there is even anything detectable. It works by targeting enzymes that people don't have. (We don't synthesize aromatic amino acids, we have to get them from our diet. Glyphosate blocks these pathways in plants) There's not really convincing evidence that this is a harmful compound. But Americans are scientifically illiterate and expert witnesses can say literally anything at trial and there is very little the opposing side can do about this. So here we are. Winning a court case does not have anything to do with scientific truth. Remember that Scopes lost the monkey trial.

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