Posted by zazenduckie on December 2, 2006, at 18:06:00
In reply to Re: Bob is responsible for public safety on Babble, posted by Jost on December 2, 2006, at 17:47:27
> No one is giving medical advice in the capacity of a physician.
Precisesly. They are giving medical advice with no credentials at all.
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> Since we are all presumed not to be physicians, and we are all notified to be cautious in our approach to information here, we can be assumed to be on our own recognizance as posters and participants.You can assume anything I suppose.
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> Nor is anyone prescribing here. Clearly no one has written any prescriptions.No no one has written any prescriptions. Did you think that was what I meant? No. I meant giving directions about what drugs or herbals to take without necessarily giving instructions for how to obtain it.
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> I think that if you, Zazenduckie, feel that this is a dangerous place for you, you can precautions such as you find advisable.I am interested in public safety. I believe speaking up is the responsible thing to do.
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> If you think there's mistaken or overstated advice given, I hope you'll advise people in that thread of your information.I don't feel competent to give medical advice even to counter some one else's errors. I am troubled that there is no where to report public safety concerns about the board. The only authority is Dr Bob. There is no outside oversight and no where to go to report potentially dangerous posts or situations as Bob chooses not to intervene.
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