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Gary Stewart's avatar

I agree with you that the reporting of a loss of support for Biden strikes me s overplayed, as well, but it's non non-existent, particularly with younger voters who have experienced the years of ~unopposed climate denial and Israeli support that older voters did. I also agree with you that Biden's record of accomplishments is truly impressive and I certainly hope that the messaging on this strengthens and continues right up to the election. You are again correct that claiming to have the final, unassailable opinion on the MIddle East is tough, even for those with extensive diplomatic experience and/or academic knowledge. I absolutely sympathize with your (and my) need to correct misconceptions that patients develop from looking into things online in an uninformed way, which is usually the case in medicine, since there are so many unscientific sites that are very skilled in locating their websites high up in the match lists. I also find the general level knowledge of medicine (the most basic fundamentals of physiology, pharmacology, anatomy) in the population is quite low. However, I also find that patients come to me not with misconceptions but with ignorance about the most basic nature of their problem, despite having seen multiple physicians (and I don't mean quacks) for some time. And OMG, forget statistics - no idea. It sounds like you take patient education seriously, and I applaud that.

Who do you consider to be an author regarding contemporary political and social analysis that you trust as honest and knowledgeable?

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Johnny Rochat - NorCal's avatar

George Orwell, it would appear. I would follow Paul Krugman except he's bundled with the fascists.

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Gary Stewart's avatar

Correction: "not experienced the decades..." - sorry.

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