Though I retired more than 10 years ago, I did not cancel my MD license for another five years or so. It was at that point that I determined I was not keeping up with the latest developments in medicine and had no business treating patients.
On the other hand, my training and practice experience allows me to offer general medical advice to family and friends, primarily related to healthy lifestyle practices, the potential significance of symptoms that they might have and whom they should consult for their medical evaluation. I am also compelled to intervene in medical emergencies that I might come across.
But my most urgent advice to the general public is to trust their physician for medical prevention and treatment recommendations, not an untrained, conspiracy-minded, political hack who is running our Department of Health & Human Services and derailing medical research. His advice is both worthless and dangerous. RFK Jr. and those who willingly placed him in office should be prosecuted for endangering the current and future health of the American public. Let's hope he is also impeached once the coming Blue Wave restores the integrity of Congress.
