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Dr Irfan Merchant's avatar

At medical school I was taught, if you hear the sound of hooves (in the context of the UK of course) think horses, not zebras. As many medical students have a preference for the exotic and unusual diagnosis …

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Alec Finlay's avatar

That's interesting Irfan. I began the poem from reading a commentary on hostile interpretations of Long Covid and ME, which a medical researcher rebutted using exactly that medical analogy of zebras among horses. If you listen carefully any animal will describe its nature accurately.

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Dr Irfan Merchant's avatar

Beautifully put Eck. 🙏🏽

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