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Gee, do you think there could be some connection between the caduceus evolution and the United Health CEO hit this week? Their litigation record includes a fair amount of mendacity and deception to the general public particularly in the Medicare Advantage segment of their enterprise.

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hmmm. learned a new word today.

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I had to look it up! I know what the caduceus is, but as far as evolution...thst lost me! This site lays it out pretty clearly the difference between the caduceus and the rod of asclepius. https://sites.google.com/stu.clcillinois.edu/history-on-ancient-medicine/ancient-greek/the-caduceus-vs-rod-of-asclepius

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Well Bonnie you were well ahead of me, then. I had no clue, now you got me going down the 2nd rabbit hole . . . asclepius's rod. Heck that has a dang snake around it. . .

I'm not a doctor but, if so, I wouldn't choose either of these things.

How about a heart held in a fragile grasp with two hands in offering upwards? Perhaps just a bit more appropriate to combine with the Hippocrates oath of "First do no harm."

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Me too!

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