Gotham’s Health Commissioner
No, not the LDS (Mormon) man that we all know working out of Albany for the state, but the City one.
After reading about Dr. Tom Frieden I thought I’d share the article. Most of the men in my med school class selected surgical fields or medical sub-specialties with a surgical element. Most of them weren’t all that interested in ‘helping others’ – that’s an actual observation in addition to verbal expressions, not a judgment. (Choosing a certain field based on lifestyle and ‘being a provider’ gets to be a pretty lame & boring conversation). I can count on one hand the few that impressed me with their sense of altruism, genuine dedication to the profession of Medicine, and social responsibility.
I don’t spend nearly enough time understanding ‘who’ our local leaders are and what principles they reflect. I’ll have to learn more about him. The part about not hesitating to ‘use public health policy to kind of step all over civil liberties’ *kind of* disturbs me (but also intrigues me)…
Gwenevere Bland
hummmmm…..making people take their meds when they have a contagious disease. It’s noble, but infringes on the Supreme Courts highly favored phrase “right to privacy”, I wonder how that goes over?
Mandi
Oh I like him! As a part of the federal bureaucracy- it’s enraging sometimes when you run into people that just want to kiss the next highest rear end and not fight for any principles at all because they don’t want to rock the boat. I have a very hard time respecting those people. He seems like a guy who sees things that need to be done for the greater good and is willing to make sure it gets done. Is he making waves and is there a fine line on what you can make people do? Yes- but I think it’s better to act right up to that line and get some good things accomplished than not at all. Hats off to him!
Candice
You know I have a bias to like all infectious disease trained doctors! I actually think he will be good for the cdc. Should be a fun ride.