This blog post is going to be a little different than usual. I’m not going to cover a study or discuss a particular medical topic. Rather, I just want to share some personal thoughts on this political moment.
I am not going to endorse a particular candidate, nor a particular set of policies. Like any other citizen, I have my thoughts and ideas about this stuff, and I will be voting today for my preferred (or, more accurately, my less non-preferred) candidates. But as a doctor, I am meticulously non-partisan. I take care of Democrats and Republicans and anybody else equally, and it’s my job to stay out of the political fray and do my absolute best for each and every person who comes to me. I took an oath when I entered this profession, and that was to serve my patients to my utmost. If a person whose politics were truly loathsome showed up at my office (let’s just imagine Adolf Hitler himself, to make the point clear), I would still do my very best to help them with their medical issues.
