Doctors are Strange Birds indeed

[Guest guest]

Mold is described in the Bible in the book of Leviticus.

Was somehow forgotten and is only now being " rediscovered " .

Yet all the people who are unfortunate enough to be involved in this

rediscovery are being fought by vast numbers of entrenched doctors

who mysteriously show the least interest in a phenomenon that should

have instantly caught their attention.

This " lack of interest " and rejection of information is so startling

that I wondered if this is a characteristic peculiar to doctors as a

result of their exalted station and vested interest in maintaining a

demeanor of superiority.

And so I find new examples of this " doctor disinterest response "

every day.

I just heard the exciting news of the re-discovery of the ivory

billed woodpecker, a bird thought to have been extinct since it

hasn't been seen since the 1940's.

Many bird watchers have this woodpecker on the " life list " of birds

to look for as it is kind of like " The Holy Grail " of birds.

To find one is like a miracle.

Now the interesting part is that the two ornithologists who caught a

fleeting glimpse of one after following up on reported sightings

were instantly believed when they presented their momentary sighting

of a bird in rapid flight seventy feet away to Cornell University.

They had no photos and yet their report of a fleeting glimpse alone

was considered reliable enough to constitute a " re-discovery " .

None of the other bird watchers reports of sightings counted for

squat.

The excited ornithologists who claimed credit for the rediscovery

expressed it this way: " They weren't qualified observers " .

Theoretically, a million " unqualified observers " could have pet

ivory billed woodpeckers roosting in their living rooms and until

a " qualified observer " actually observes one, it doesn't mean a

thing and barely makes a dent in the brains of " qualified

researchers " .

Furthermore, while these " researchers " were discussing the

difficulty in locating more birds and that they had been unable to

get any photographs or find a nest site, a caller phoned in to the

National Public Radio program to say that he had been sighting the

birds for years, knew of a nest site and offered to lead them to it.

Now one might think that this offer would be met with interest and

enthusiasm.

Not at all. They did not talk directly to the caller, asked no

questions or made any effort to get contact information.

Instead, they told the program moderator that anyone with

information could leave it on a general bird sighting website if

they wished to.

Once again, an offer of information to researchers about specific

information relevant to their field receives the " Disinterest

Response " and is treated with a disdain that borders upon contempt.

Incidentally, the mere sighting by these researchers in this area

generated millions of dollars in funding to buy land and protect the

area. While the sighting of this rare bird is incredible and every

effort should be made to protect and preserve the woodpecker and its

habitat, How much effort has been made to research your moldy

habitat? After HOW MANY SIGHTINGS OF THIS PHENOMENON? How many

schools have to spill sick children out on the streets before the

mere sighing of them by a " qualified observer " makes the reality

REAL?

Why do avowed researchers turn around and RUN when you present them

with the very information they claim they are looking for?

Is it only that unless this information comes from another doctor,

it is " unqualified " and therefore, does not exist?

Is it that this unwanted information induces their disinterest

unless they can somehow undo the prior sighting and make the re-

discovery for themselves?

Even when doctors must surely know the price that their patients

must pay for their deliberate disinterest?

Doctors are strange birds indeed.

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