"Pathologists treating COVID? Seriously?"
How about undergraduate university students and veterinarians giving mRNA jabs to the public?
Dr. Ryan Cole, a physician in the United States of America, is being investigated by his licensing college. This is because he dared to dissent with the ‘narrative’ around COVID-19 that has prevailed for the past three years. His dissent was based on sound scientific evidence and identification of legitimate outstanding questions that should have been answered prior to strict policies being implemented.
I noticed a comment at the end of the article that I linked above. Here it is…
Initially, I was going to ignore this lack of understanding. However, it is a serious enough issue, that I felt compelled to write a short Substack article to correct the record. It represents a great teaching moment.
Personally, I have the utmost respect for all healthcare professionals. Generally speaking, they do great work of incredible importance. However, as we have witnessed over the past several years, it can be dangerous to assume that a person has expertise when they do not.
It is remarkable how many people assume that the average physician must know all there is to know about immunology in general and vaccines in particular. People would be shocked if they knew how relatively few lectures are given on these topics, as well as virology, during a medical doctorate (MD) program. The average family physician only knows enough immunological lingo to be able to follow the instructions provided by the manufacturer of a vaccine. They are doing great if they can explain the immunological mechanisms underlying issues like why an infant cannot be vaccinated immediately after birth, why infants typically require multiple doses of a vaccine but adults only one, etc.
Too many people lacking expertise in immunology have been making too many decisions about the so-called COVID-19 ‘vaccines’ for the past couple of years and it has been a disaster.
I have heard so many physicians defending “the vaccines”, when in reality, I think what they are defending is the elegant theoretical textbook concept of an ideal vaccine. Personally, I will always stand by the theoretical potential of vaccines, while promoting naturally acquired immunity as the gold standard to which all vaccines should aim to replicate. However, the COVID-19 jabs are as far as one can get from an ideal vaccine while still trying to bring them under this umbrella term.
When one understands the limited training that a person receives in immunology in a MD program, along with the definition of an ideal vaccine, it becomes obvious that it is inappropriate to call anyone who questions COVID-19 jabs an “antivaxxer”. To the contrary, most of us being labeled as “antivaxxers” are supportive of the notion of an ideal vaccine and simply do not want to allow junk wannabe products like the COVID-19 jabs to contaminate this elegant concept.
So, not all MDs are experts about vaccines. But this does not mean that all MDs are non-experts when it comes to COVID-19 ‘vaccines’ and/or treatments. This brings me back to the comment quoted above.
Can a pathologist competently treat COVID-19? Of course. If your family physician can do this, so can most pathologists. After all, pathologists like Dr. Ryan Cole hold the same MD degree. Importantly, they have completed additional, more specialized training. Having greater expertise above and beyond the MD program makes one more, not less, qualified to treat diseases like COVID-19.
In the case of Dr. Ryan Cole, he has actually taught in the areas of family and rural medicine. Notably, he has even conducted research in the field of immunology. As such, he is more qualified than most to treat COVID-19 and opine about COVID-19 science.
So, one should never assume that a person has the expertise to do anything more than parrot a particular narrative. On the other hand, one should also never assume that a physician is unqualified to administer treatments or provide expert advice. Rather, give each individual the opportunity to justify themselves before rendering any kind of personal judgement.
Now, if people are questioning the legitimacy of a physician like Dr. Ryan Cole, who is highly trained in pathology to administer treatments for COVID-19, do I have a story for you…
Did you know that in my province of Ontario, in the country of Canada, we had undergraduate university students and veterinarians administering COVID-19 jabs to the public? See with your own eyes by reviewing this article.
I had several concerns about this.
First, one must ask if a veterinarian is qualified to identify and potentially respond to the 1,290 adverse events of special interest that those administering the shots are supposed to be compelled to pay close attention to (and this number is only for Pfizer’s jab).
Second, the article portrayed the junior people that administered the shots as being “student veterinarians”. This could imply that they were veterinarians enrolled in a continuing education program. But they were not veterinarians. Instead, these were undergraduate students who were enrolled in the undergraduate doctor of veterinary medicine program with the goal of eventually becoming veterinarians.
Third, the wording in the article does not convince me that people were notified that veterinarians or undergraduate university students lacking any professional medical certification would be administering their shots. It sounded like this was only disclosed if a client asked about the person’s background.
Before administering these shots, a person should be able to tell you what the 1,290 adverse events of special interest are (for the Pfizer shot, plus whatever unique ones are applicable to any other COVID-19 jabs being made available). They should also be able to inform you how they would go about detecting if any of these 1,290 adverse events of special interest were to occur (otherwise, where is the safety monitoring???). Further, they should be able to disclose how each of the 1,290+ adverse events would be treated, along with how they should be reported.
I can assure you that the average undergraduate student has no where near the expertise and experience needed to meet these requirements. I wonder how many physicians and pharmacists administering these shots can meet these requirements. Anything less risks compromising the safety and integrity of a vaccine rollout. And a vaccine rollout gone awry hurts confidence in vaccines in general. My field of expertise has been turned into a joke by far too many non-experts.
Now, I don’t want to come across as overly critical. I have the utmost of respect for veterinarians. I teach immunology to students in the doctor of veterinary medicine program and love it. They are engaged learners. I am proud to say that veterinary students at my institution graduate with a depth of understanding in immunology and vaccinology that exceeds the average graduate of a MD program in North America. Regardless, they should not have been administering experimental mRNA inoculations. They had not been taught anything about these.
Students typically want to try to impress their instructors. It is the instructors that should be held responsible for misleading these students into a task that was out of their league. The problem is that the instructors were not qualified enough to understand that they may be causing more harm than good to some people by engaging in this ‘sexy act’ of ‘helping the world in its time of need’.
The post-mortem on the COVID-19 debacle is going to be very long and arduous and will enter some interesting and far-reaching realms.
Wouldn’t it be ironic if “algosdoc”, who is criticizing highly qualified Dr. Ryan Cole, received one or more of their COVID-19 jabs from an undergraduate student with no medical credentials who aims to become a veterinarian in a couple of years.
Dr. Cole - like the Good Sir here - have integrity and courage. Qualities in regrettably short supply.
At this point, I’d no sooner go to a Fauci-ized MD than would the Shark Week -educated Robert Shaw get into a life-jacket in “Jaws”.
a very important article..thank you. The three most dangerous words in the time of covid became “my doctor says” (safe & effective). I am blessed to know physicians who take the time to do their own research. The issue with far too many doctors loyal to their Hippocratic Oath was the ignorant bureaucrats sitting on licensing boards taking orders from the corrupt WH cabal. Had the pleasure to spend time with Dr. Cole after the 12/7 Johnson hearing finale. He is brilliant. PERIOD. (And funny).