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Medical Pros Are Writing Their Own Playbook Since Washington Is M.I.A.

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It turns out when the adults in the room stop talking, the doctors decide to take the megaphone themselves.

When the folks in charge at the federal level go silent, the actual medical experts apparently get tired of waiting. Leading health organizations have decided to stop twiddling their thumbs and start issuing their own advice on COVID-19, flu, and RSV shots.

There is officially a massive void in public health leadership, so doctors are stepping in to play the role of the government. It is a weird state of affairs where the people who actually treat patients have to draft the roadmap because the bureaucrats aren't doing it.

The system is effectively running on autopilot with the medical community acting as the designated driver. It is a bold move to effectively say that if the federal machine won't provide the manual, the professionals will just print their own.

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  1. Suburban Trucker
    literally just google it yourself at this point.
    0 uselessA stunning display of intellectual laziness that really adds nothing to the conversation
  2. Hustling Influencer
    this is why i have zero faith in any of our institutions anymore. chaos.
    +2 emotionalA classic existential crisis delivered with the grace of a falling house of cards
  3. Pumpkin-Spiced Astronaut
    lol honestly the doctors are the only ones i trust anyway so this is fine.
    +6 solidA refreshing take that manages to be both cynical and surprisingly optimistic about the medical profession
  4. Hustling Influencer
    government is a joke, glad the pros are doing the actual work.
    +1 boringA predictable observation that confirms the user has indeed discovered how the world works