Over at yet another fundraiser for lung transplant candidate and staunch anti-vaxxer Annette Lewis, we read the baffling claim [emphasis added]:
She explains to Bridge City News that she has had two physicians tell her that getting the mRNA vaccine would cause harm to her other organs, and she would most likely not even make it to the operating table for her transplant.
Two physicians, you say? That's interesting, since the original ruling against Lewis appeared to address precisely these two "physicians" thusly [again, emphasis added]:
[29] On behalf of the applicants, Dr. Mallard and Dr. Bridle prepared extensive reports raising concerns of the safety and the efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines. They are experts in Immunology but are not medical doctors and have no expertise in the field of XX transplant surgery.
Wait, what? They aren't medical doctors? Then what the hell are they?
So, just to be clear, the applicant presented, as her medical "experts" ... two veterinarians.
Veterinarians.
Are we done here? Yeah, I think we're done here.
P.S. Perhaps the smartest thing the court did in that original ruling was make it clear that it would not take a stand on whose "expert advice" it was going to consider:
[42] In my view it is not necessary for the Treating Physicians to reconcile these differences in expert opinions rather, they must be free to decide which expert opinions they accept in exercising their clinical judgment, which informs the standard of care.
[43] In the result, I decline to decide which expert opinions should be preferred.
[70] The exercise of clinical judgment by the Treating Physicians is owed substantial deference.
Let me summarize that for you: "The Court has no medical training and, as such, will defer to the actual doctors in this case."
Exactly.
4 comments:
Veterinarians deal with a much wider range of patients than physicians do, so they may have knowledge of aspects human immunologists haven't considered.
Well, at least the Rebel is raising his standards for expertise. One of the "health services professionals" cited on vaccine safety during the Whistle Stop Cafe closure was a nails-and-lashes spa operator.
Anonymous at 10:12. Uh - could you link to studies in which veterinarian expertise contributed to our knowledge of the pandemic, given that its zoonotic origins have absolutely nothing to do with the case we're discussing?
A vet? I'll take a vet over an MD anyday! They gotta be able to cure a lizard, a chicken, a pig, a frog all on the same day! - Kramer
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