Rubio has paused the scheduling of interviews for J1 temp medical Resident Visas for foreign doctors. The reason is purportedly to allow for deeper vetting of their social media accounts.Soooo, loyalty to Trumpism is now a prerequisite to becoming a U.S. trained physician?🎥 @gilbert.md.rn Insta
— Bren (@kindofnerdy.bsky.social) 2025-05-29T15:40:08.645Z
Sure, because we have a glut of qualified doctors now
In the rehab hospital I went to after my stroke, where they wheeled me in on a gurney and I walked out using a quad-cane (I owe my life to those people) the head doctor who ran the place was from Pakistan, the head physical therapist was from the Philippines, my speech pathologist was from Laos, and two of the nurses were from Africa.
My GP at Highland Hospital in Oakland was from the UK.
My GP out here in the boondocks is from India, and his substitute is from somewhere in Eastern Europe. The doctors the SSA assigned me to determine whether or not I was disabled were from Vietnam. I have been seen by a couple of American born doctors along the way, and my OT was American (along with the trainee who actually worked with me to teach me how to walk, Hi Sandra!) but before that the last American born doctor to look at me was Dr, Herscher in Eureka when I was seventeen and ground the end of my finger off in a metal grinder.
He WHAT???
He fixed the index finger on my left hand after I ground the end of it off in a metal grinder in welding class at high school. That metal and foam guard thing I had to wear that summer is how I got a four finger technique on the guitar… The only thing I still remember about that doctor visit is the tetanus booster they gave me, which back in those days hurt like hell.
I remember wearing those things, but only for a sprain. You have such a complicated medical history, Doug!