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by informationally 1639 days ago
It's possible to send anonymous tips to reporters. It's not hard. All he's doing with this story is farming fake internet points on Reddit. Getting something off his chest is not changing the systemic causes that made the situation he's currently in. If anything, he's actually exasperating the issue by having chosen to take this to Reddit instead of some trusted media outlet.
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They're not obligated to do any of that, you know. And it's ok that they're not.

They didn't frame the post as something that should be bringing about any change. It's literally just a person sharing their story to get a sympathetic ear. Because sometimes humans need that to keep going.

This story has be reported many times, the Atlantic has a story about medical professionals leaving the profession recently
Why would they want to take it to a media outlet where it has an even greater chance of getting out ? Reddits fits a niche blog like culture that allows the out-letting of emotions. Stuff like this are exactly why blogs even exist in the first place.
Actually, we already know he's doing more than "farming fake internet points", don't we? Because the story has now been posted here.

Exacerbating, btw.

I've read this same story over and over in the trusted media outlets. Here's one of many: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-08-17/vaccinated-...