[jasmer]

You're going to use 'If they tell you to jump off of a cliff, would you do it?' arguments? Really?

Are you suggesting that doctors don't have an institutiona legitimacy?

Seriously?

Hydroxicloroquine and Ivermectin? They are medicine. Doctors have been prescribing them for a while. We don't know the full effects of them, but we also know they are otherwise benigng in specific dosages, and there were hopes that there wouldbe an effect. It's good that some Hosptials were making the prescription.

And finally, no, we do not argue over the concept of 'behind the counter drugs'.

There is 0 debate anywhere that people should just be able to 'self prescribe' and get what drugs they want.

That doctors can be wrong is besides the point.

I don't think you've made any arguments to suggest that we shouldn't remain having some fairly serious instittional legitimcay in the field of medicine.

[selfhoster11]

> You're going to use 'If they tell you to jump off of a cliff, would you do it?' arguments? Really?

One reply to "Would you jump off a bridge if all your friends did it?" would be "Yes. My friends are not stupid. If they are all jumping without exception, it's probably because the bridge is on fire."

[bcrl]

Doctors are like any other profession. There are average doctors, there are really good doctors, and there are also really bad doctors. The world is full of nuance. Sadly some people don't want to believe nuance exists, and others deny that nuance exists for personal gain.