… Like other physicians before him, he has benefited from the public’s transposing his medical credentials onto his political qualifications. … And so we’ve seen Mr. Carson wielding his accomplishment of separating twins conjoined at the head at a debate as if it were a relevant line item on his job application for the presidency.
Abetting this phenomenon is our human tendency, our need, even, to trust our doctors implicitly, to feel reassured that the person entrusted with your naked, unconscious body is at once benevolent and wise. Americans continue to rate physicians above other professions in our honesty and ethical standards (nearly two-thirds rated us “very high” or “high” as of 2014) and more than half report complete or high satisfaction with their most recent doctor’s visit, despite declining trust in leaders within the medical profession and in the medical system as a whole. CONT.
Ishani Ganguli (Massachusetts General Hospital), New York Times
Mr Ganguli seems to be a bit jealous of a competent, tried and true surgical physician like Dr. Ben Carson? Perhaps Mr Ganguli can do research and come up with something to besmirch Dr Carson’s character-although I highly doubt that. Caring for children set aside by the rest of the medical world seems to be one of the many reasons that put Dr Carson on the top of the presidential docket. I also doubt you’ll find any incompetence concerning childhood vaccines, except the recommendation for a more sensible schedule.
Did you read the title of the piece, let alone the body of it?
His point is that no matter what Ben Carson’s medical qualifications, they do not qualify him to govern —
This is exactly the kind of awareness of distinctions–or understanding of many, many things outside his field– that seems to elude Carson.