The President's Perspective
 EVEN the Experts Make Mistakes!!!!
By: Bruce Bonanno, MD
So this year the H1N1 flu is the hottest health news topic along with the “debate” on what the new health system will look like. The difference is while one is a new illness that has concrete terms like illness, symptoms and what to expect, the other is based on educated guesses.
But even some well respected health correspondents don’t always get it right.
But we do slip up ourselves on occasion. I listened the past weekend as the H1N1 flu was being called the “swine” flu repeatedly which should not have been done.
But then the expert told listeners that one of the differences between the H1N1 and regular flu was that you get “GI” symptoms with the H1N1. Then the anchors in their wrap up repeated this. This is NOT true, but now like “swine” flu, a new mistake is getting legs out there.
Just another reminder that we are supposed to be the experts, but even the experts can make mistakes!Bruce Bonanno, MD
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