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GabeCohen

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I think the reality is the complete opposite. Doctors get sick less than the average person because they are exposed constantly to all sorts of diseases, therefore strengthening their immune system. Most doctors are also better at taking care of themselves than the average person, and if they do start to get sick, they have access to any medicine they think will help them. Of course, a doctor is always at risk of being exposed to some strange disease that a patient is carrying, but this hardly ever happens. And if it did, they doctor would have the best and immediate care.

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GIVE a man a fish and you feed him for a day. TEACH a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

SADLY, most fishermen are afraid to touch the worm.

In general, doctors generally don't fall ill as often as the general public, despite "increased exposure."

The reason for this is so simple, most people simply can't accept the reality.

Doctors, nurses and other such health care workers avoid illnesses by the simple expedient of washing their hands 40 times a day, after each exposure, before eating, after any "body functions" and after contact with each patient.

There is some speculation that such exposures also help to strengthen the immune system. Personally, I believe there may well be some truth to this, having watched/treated children who's parents were hyper-over protective as opposed to parents that knew children get dirty, have scrapes and bruises, etc. etc.

In general, the "precious jewels" who are "protected" from everything are weaker and and less able to fight off the normal ills of childhoood. This also seems to hold for adults.

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I agree with all of the above - strangely enough it seems that doctors get sick no more often than the rest of the population.

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