Maureen Dowd's column in the New York Times this morning begins as follows:My answers to her question: (1) ego, (2) dogma.When my brother went into the hospital with pneumonia, he quickly contracted four other infections in the intensive care unit.Anguished, I asked a young doctor why this was happening. Wearing a white lab coat and blue tie, he did a show-and-tell. He leaned over Michael and let his tie brush my sedated brother’s hospital gown.“It could be anything,” he said. “It could be my tie spreading germs.”I was dumbfounded. “Then why do you wear a tie?” I asked. He shrugged and left for rounds.
You can read the rest of her column here.
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