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American scientists we stopped listening to you after social media became a thing.
And people started listening to MDs far too much. MDs are 36 month practical degrees, they are not scientists even though they act like they are.
A typical NIH funded scientist has a Bachelor's degree BS, a PhD taking 5-6 years, 5 years + post doctoral experience, the 5 years appointment before review to Associate. If they don't have at least 30 good peer reviewed papers, their career is over.
And they don't need to walk around with stethoscopes and scrubs to cosplay authority.
The entire profession is also captured by the pharmaceutical industry. MDs are trained to prescribe medicine. Which has its uses and I'm sure they mean well, don't get me wrong, but it's also very inadequate in addressing the root cause of many diseases.