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In reply to the discussion: I am at my dads house - he does NOT believe in the Coronavirus. [View all]renate
(13,776 posts)39. Good point, but I'm almost entirely sure
Medscape has articles that are available to the lay public through Google searches, and then there are articles that you can only access if you have an account. The registration process is a bit time-consuming as I recall, or at least it was several years ago, but I dont think they ask for your license number or anything like that, so yeah, its possible to claim to be an MD without being one. But you could also be any kind of health professional, so theres no particular reason to claim to be an MD when you could be an NP or RN or.... Most articles are 100% dry and medical and arent politically sensitive, so people wouldnt register just to cause trouble.
So Im pretty sure these were MDs, but not positive.
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limbaugh has been calling it a hoax, overblown, another liberal scam. ask him
certainot
Mar 2020
#85
What do you want him to do that he isn't? Is he independently living, going out and mixing
Doodley
Mar 2020
#83
Likely the community where she is living will curtail trips outside, and will do
No Vested Interest
Mar 2020
#72
a physician relative told me recently that Big Foot was an alien. She learned it from
Maraya1969
Mar 2020
#16
I know someone who's a long, long-time Coast to Coast listener. He's a successful engineer.
chia
Mar 2020
#55
Does he still live in Albuquerque? I would let him continue not believing. He will be happier
Quixote1818
Mar 2020
#19
10% of the human race has been quarantined, anyone intimating this is no big deal is in denial now
uponit7771
Mar 2020
#21
Tell him if he says it one more time he gets shipped to the Life Care Center in Kirkland WA.
grantcart
Mar 2020
#22
I sincerely hope he is correct and it is nothing. But the entire nation of Italy would disagree.
GulfCoast66
Mar 2020
#24
my uncle is the same way...ugh...these old farts. Just wear a mask around your dad..
samnsara
Mar 2020
#58