A poignant letter in the WSJ:
I worry about the unintended consequences of the actions to increase the potential compensation to the owners. One only has to look at the increased costs of medical care for humans that are a direct result of malpractice lawsuits to see that a similar situation could occur with vets. My dog has epilepsy and we spend a lot of time and money at the vet’s as it is. How much more expensive will the visits be if my veterinarian or the after-hours emergency animal hospital had to worry about being sued for tens of thousands of dollars or more if they fail to properly diagnose or treat an animal? Then how soon will it be until some jackpot jury somewhere makes it a million?
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Since when did “poignant” mean untrue?
I think it is very clear to most outside observers that the destruction of medicine was iatrogenic . . . preventable . . . and fast becoming irreversible.
Pasrasites do what parasites do. They kill one organism and move on to the next. They’re incaplabel of any higher cognitive function.
Does higher cognitive function include spelling?
And yet another pithy rejoinder about the need for a spell checker.
Parasites are SO much more attractive cuz they remember to use their spell checker.
If you’re going to make silly comments about another’s intelligence, you should at least make sure you know how to spell all the words.
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