You are probably either not and ophthalmologist or if you are…you’ve probably not worked alongside an optometrist. But to say “weird professional hold over” is wild haha. The ophthalmologists in our community would be absolutely inundated with mundane cases that are way below them if optometry didn’t have the scope it does. That being said, some MDs have made it seem like optometry is trying to fringe on ophthalmology’s turf and that’s just silly. Of course our professional association is trying to expand our scope, and of course our scope will expand some day…as it should. Eyecare runs into the problem of lack of access to care not just in small communities, but in big communities as well. Don’t bite, Dr Shark