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Zack Vegas
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    “I find this Doctors articles to be very much aligned with many of the points Dr Peat talked about. It gives hope that the entire medical industry is not rotten to the core, but has some good people that want to help extend longevity rather than the numbers in their bank accounts.”

    Why would you make this assumption?

    Sure, his pen name is “A Midwestern Doctor,” but that doesn’t mean he is a doctor, any more than Dr. Dre, Dr. Scholl, or Dr. Pepper.  If he is a doctor, he might not be a medical doctor.  And if he is a medical doctor, he might not be practicing.  Just taking a quick look at his substack, he writes very detailed, well sourced articles, usually posting a few times a week, which suggests he spends the bulk of his time these days writing.  Since he is very critical of modern medical practices, I would think he is outside that system.

    I have a lot of respect for Dr. Peat, but he was never a practicing medical doctor, to my knowledge.  His PhD was in biology, and he was a teacher and private nutrition counselor.  He was critical of the medical system, but doesn’t appear to have ever worked within the system.  I would think “AMidwesternDoctor” is similar in that regard.

     

    The practicing medical doctor has lots of loyalties before the patient (including the payer, whether that be government or insurance company, protecting his license, complying with state medical boards, complying with Federal agencies like the FDA, CDC, NIH, NIAID, Dept of HHS, and so on, keeping his malpractice insurance, and so on), that even on the very off chance he still is practicing within that system, I would have not have much hope that the patient is coming first (or second, or third, or fourth…..) anytime soon.

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