The New American By Selwyn Duke
After he was shot in 1981, “President Reagan said to me, ‘I hope you’re all Republicans,’ and I replied, ‘Today, we’re all Republicans,’” one Dr. Giordano related in 2010. “I’m not a Republican,” added the physician, who treated Reagan, “but I thought for this one day I could be one.”
Reagan was kidding, of course, maintaining his legendary sense of humor even under duress. And Giordano was exhibiting the honor and integrity that once epitomized more Americans. That is, you do your job, no matter who your client is, for a simple reason: It’s your duty. (The virtue of Love can be a strong motivator, too.)
This has changed to an extent, however — and healthcare has not been immune to this change. As commentator J.R. Dunn wrote Monday:
Over the past few months, there has been a rash of social media videos from nurses making absolutely atrocious comments about people with whom they disagree politically. Here’s an example, posted this past weekend.
Actually, these have been common since President Trump began his second term, but they’ve really ramped up since the beginning of combat in the Gulf…. [O]ne wants all MAGA supporters to jump off bridges so that she can take pleasure in watching. Others, cutting a lot closer to the bone, have stated that they’d refuse care to MAGA supporters or, in one case, take steps during treatment to ensure that they wouldn’t recover…. In other words, acting like those medical psychopaths who deliberately target patients.
The response to these vids has been one of surprise and shock: these young women have embarked on careers devoted to caring for the sick and helpless. Yet here they are wishing pain, misery, and even death to those who hold different opinions.
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