How come no real doctors decide to make videos and share their knowledge with the world?

  • roofuskit@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    If you can make money as a doctor you’d have to be an idiot to try and make money as a content creator.

    Unless a doctor is being paid by a government or NGO, it makes zero sense for them to spend their time making educational content on the Internet. It’s actually pretty easy for doctors to donate their time actually helping people directly if they want. Lots of doctors do that already.

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      6 hours ago

      I’m not sure why it would make zero sense for a doctor to spend their time making educational content on the internet. Helping people directly may be indeed more important and urgent, but contributing to a more positive impact of free educational content on health and medicine is just as reasonable, especially if they are good at that.

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        1 hour ago

        They would have to spend so much time building a brand and making a name for themselves they would have no time to be a real doctor. Otherwise they are making videos and just throwing them into the ether. That’s why doctors lend their expertise to governments and NGOs because those already have a reputation and communication channels.

    • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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      17 hours ago

      If you can make money as a doctor you’d have to be an idiot to try and make money as a content creator

      I think the problem here for some of them is they can’t make money as a doctor because they are idiot doctors. Like, imagine having a doctor that graduated with the lowest possible passing score.

      Or perhaps they have doctorates in one field but make videos pretending to be medical doctors. Or are just straight up shitbirds like Dr. Oz or Dr. Phil.

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      18 hours ago

      it makes zero sense for them to spend their free time making educational content on the Internet.

      I actually disagree, and money shouldn’t be the main motivator for sharing knowledge.

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          18 hours ago

          The rest of your comment doesn’t address or invalidate the sharing of knowledge.

          I’m going to block you now, though. You’re clearly too stupid to keep up.

          Keep spending money 👍