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

  • TheV2@programming.dev
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    8 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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      3 hours 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.