Small rant on our modern-day symbol for medicine and healthcare
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The staff of Asclepius is very similar to the snake staff God gave Moses to cure the Israelites of snake bites.
The staff of Caduceus has no connection to Abrahamic religion. It's pure pagan imagery.
But don't be too dismayed. They still use a cross as the symbol for basic medical care. It's so tied to Christianity that they have to change it to a crescent when in Muslim countries.
Finally, don't be surprised that paganism is prominent in medical care, if you yourself don't go to prayer first when you have health problems. Doctors in the US are intentionally imported from the third world, so they are way less likely to be Christian than you are.
Literal retardation. If that were true foreign doctors would be able to practice in the states with their foreign accreditation. The reason why so many immigrants become doctors is because they are driven to by their culture. It's why Doogie Howser is so popular in india. It's why family guy has the joke about the Asian kid being yelled at "You become doctor yet!?" The model minority exists and the only people who hate it are leftists that can't reconcile their racist dei beliefs with the fact that culture drives people and not melanin.
The US government restricts the number of US medical school graduates can become doctors by restricting the funding for residencies.
It's not a culture thing. There are way more American med students than residencies. And there would be way more if the federal government either increased residency positions or gave an alternative path to licensing.