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Apr 14, 2023Liked by Mark McDonald, M.D.

Dr. M, you have a gift of putting into words the frustration and despair being felt by we the “realists”. And somehow your clarity is cathartic. Thank you.

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Apr 15, 2023·edited Apr 16, 2023Author

I don't think it's an oversimplification to say that there are only two groups of people left today--those who choose to live in reality and those who do not. Choosing to be with the former is a painful choice, but it is the only one available to us if we wish to do good.

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Apr 13, 2023Liked by Mark McDonald, M.D.

BRILLIANT AND TIMELY PIECE ! THANKS

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Apr 13, 2023Liked by Mark McDonald, M.D.

So many people were silent, and many refuse to admit even now that the extreme measures helped no one, and seriously harmed many millions, especially the very young, and elderly people in facilities. How does our society learn its lesson when the majority continue to keep their blinders on?

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Apr 14, 2023Liked by Mark McDonald, M.D.

Just read this aloud to my husband and his comment after I read the title was "just like the BBC reporter who refused to face the truth" in the interview with Elon Musk.

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Simple fear no longer explains the abject denial of individual accountability we continue to see across a large swatch of the American population.

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