Bonus points for Marty Makary (a surgeon with no particular experience in infectious disease) being the spokesperson for this. I wonder if he’s the only licensed doctor they could find in the government willing to advocate for this policy?

  • Admiral Patrick
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    30 days ago

    Common sense says “yes”, but I fear we’ve gone far past that lol.

    • @medgremlin@midwest.social
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      Unfortunately, it appears that you are correct. They released a list of qualifying conditions and while COPD and brochiectasis are on the list, asthma is not.

      Edit: I’m kinda braindead right now. Asthma is the first thing on the list. whoops.

      • Admiral Patrick
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        329 days ago

        Am I reading it wrong, or is Asthma not the first item on the list?

        (I hope I’m not reading it wrong lol).

        • @medgremlin@midwest.social
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          You’re right. My brain is absolute pudding because I’m studying for my board exams. Doing a few hundred multiple choice questions about complex medical topics in a row doesn’t leave a whole lot of processing power left for anything else.

          • Admiral Patrick
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            229 days ago

            I feel ya. My brain is also running on fumes, so wasn’t 100% confident in my own reading lol.