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Originally Posted by flylock shox
Stephen King's The Stand gives a pretty good idea of who'd be necessary post-apocalypse: doctors, those with knowledge of machinery, and old women able to call on the power of God to smite evil-doers.
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Sadly, I think the vast majority of north american doctors would be pretty useless. So many of us are so sub-subspecialized, and we rely so much on sophisticated tests/imaging, rather than pure clinical skills to make the diagnosis these days. And even beyond that, what sort of therapeutics would you have? Nothing prescribable, or referrable to surgeons. I guess splints could be fashioned from the bones of so many dead patients.
I'd probably have to join the large herd ruled by the alpha male, hanging around the periphery, but running inside and impregnating the women when he's not looking.