Let's take a look at some of the "more than 150 Medical Professionals" that are on the list in the article shall we?
Randomly picking three from the list.
Katherine S. Villers, Board President
Founder, Community Catalyst
Kate Villers is founder of Community Catalyst, a national non-profit organization that builds state-level advocacy networks and consumer leadership to improve health and health care. Prior to founding Community Catalyst, Villers in 1982 co-founded the Villers Foundation and, in 1989, its successor organization, Families USA. She played significant board and operating roles for these organizations that included day-to-day direction of their Massachusetts programs.
A community activist. Medical? Ahhhh, not really. Professional? I guess, she gets paid for her job so technically a professional. Guess she's totally qualified to chime in on this - Yeah, NO!
Dr. Wade Berrettini is the Karl E. Rickels Professor of Psychiatry, at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Areas of Investigation
Addictions
Behavioral Genetics
Bipolar Disorder
Depression
Eating Disorders
Epilepsy
Gene Mapping
Molecular Genetics
Pharmacogenetics
Psychiatric Genetics
A psychiatrist. Medical professional? Yes. Qualified to contribute to this as an expert? I'd say not.
Jonathan D. Moreno is the David and Lyn Silfen University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania where he is a Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK) professor. At Penn he is also Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, of History and Sociology of Science, and of Philosophy.
His next book, Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die: Bioethics and the Transformation of Healthcare in America, co-authored with Penn president Amy Gutmann, will be published by Liveright/Norton in 2019. In 2020 Columbia University Press will publish The Brain in Context: A Pragmatic Guide to Neuroscience with the neuroscientist Jay Schulkin.
Among Moreno’s previous books are Impromptu Man: J.L. Moreno and the Origins of Psychodrama, Encounter Culture, and the Social Network (2014), which Amazon called a “#1 hot new release”; The Body Politic, which was named a Best Book of 2011 by Kirkus Reviews; Mind Wars (2012), which was referenced by the screenwriter of The Bourne Legacy; Undue Risk (2000). and Deciding Together (1995). He has published hundreds of papers, articles, reviews and op-eds. Moreno’s writings have been translated into Chinese, German, Japanese and Portuguese.
An author. WTF is he doing on the list? Needed something to add to the resume?
Getting pretty liberal with the use of "Medical Professionals" aren't we? If one were to go through the whole list, I wonder if they would run into a dentist, a veterinarian, and podiatrist in that group too.
Can we please stop tossing around the "all these medical experts say... we better listen to the experts" BS?