A poll: how many of you are physicians or other medical professionals? (And WHY do you read Unreported Truths?)

Lately I have been getting a LOT of emails from doctors. Given how often I write negatively about healthcare and medicine, I want to know why you read me - and what I can do better.

Last week, an old friend - a journalist turned physician - emailed a surprising note:

Alex,

I am one of your biggest fans, and read your work religiously. I place it at the same level as Substack postings by Matt Taibbi and Seymour Hersh.

What you have been writing lately about medicine, particularly the circumstances around the Houston pediatrician and th…