Doctor's Satire Post Goes Viral After Becoming Fed Up With The Conspiracy Theories Surrounding The Pandemic

Imagine if this guy was your doctor

Shasta

• Published in Funny
• May 25, 2020

When COVID-19 first struck humanity, first gut reactions were mostly correct, proceed with caution, listen to directed health measures. Chaos very much so could've ensued immediately but it did not. Case and point, the pandemic created its own havoc on the world that is truthfully something we can no longer contain, it's just something that has to be ran with.

Okay, so two separate levels of havoc, one legitimate where people take precautions proven by science, and others, well, those would be considered the conspiracy theories, and the fake news. Unfortunately that kind of information spreads like wildfire, and its incredibly difficult to stop the spread once it has begun.

But one man stood up in the tidal wave of ignorance and created a post completely satire, as a day in the life of a medical doctor. MD David Young is that man, and he is currently based in downtown Chicago, but his medical training originated in Cincinnati and he attended Med School at Baylor, Houston Texas.

Let the doctor rants begin, buckle up.

On May 10th, Dr. Young was finally fed up with all of the things he had seen across social media. So he posted a detailed itinerary of what a medical professional would be facing during the pandemic of 2020. He even went so far as to timestamp it for good comical measure.

Of course there were many factors that played into him finally sharing his post, “I saw something about 5G or Bill Gates unironically posted on another wall or another Instagram story for the umpteenth time. And then group chats sending Plandemic links as a sort of “See?!!” post. And then, of course, just over the years hearing this or that conspiracy theory about hospitals or doctors. I just thought it was getting silly, and so I made a silly post about it, not at all expecting it to spread like it did."

If you haven't heard the slew of theories running rapid through social media since this all began, don't worry, he covers the basics and gives you a good run-down.

It's all in his tone, LOL.

It's safe to say Dr. Young was surprised with how quickly it went viral.

"As you can see by my 200 Instagram followers, absent Twitter handle, and scant Facebook wall, I’m not much of a social media person at all. It was honestly really cool to see it go viral, since it was a new experience for me, and I was also happy to see that it made people laugh and seemed to have a generally positive response. There were a couple loons that sent me some private messages about how it upset them, but the reassuring thing was to see how many people appreciated it, recognized it as satire, and just enjoyed it.”

He added, “I think what I appreciated most was seeing replies by people saying things like “I use essential oils and I love this” or “I have crystals on my night stand and this is hilarious”. The ability to laugh at yourself is so key to introspection and self-reflection, so seeing the 95% positive response was really encouraging.”

His post got over 77k reactions and almost as many shares, and had over 21k comments. In a time such as this one, making people laugh is utterly priceless.

The timestamps really make the whole thing perf, LOL.

Naturally, some people didn't really grasp the satire state of his post, let alone the humor behind it. He commented on whether his post could be taken completely out of context and entirely the other way, “Hopefully, I piled it on thick enough that no one thinks I’m being serious, but I suppose anything is possible. A rare few were definitely lacking in reading comprehension as some people replied to me thinking I was a patient on the ward and I even got one person who messaged me thinking I was a girl. Largely, though, I think everyone got the joke.”

Ah yes, he even touched this too.

If you can, imagine all this happening while Dr. Young wears a nice set of cowboy boots, as he spoke of himself since he is a die hard Texan.

“My claim to fame is that I wear cowboy boots (nice ones!) on rounds, which is normal Texas doctor attire, but I guess it’s a little unorthodox up here, so I’ve embraced it.”Some commenters suggested that if Young ever tires of medicine, he has a great future in comedy, all thanks to this post. So, our question was obvious—are there plans to continue doing these hilarious Facebook rants?“Haha, I think I’m just a one-hit wonder. I definitely sympathize now with anyone who has to generate content or views or likes for a living, because it seems like it’s more stressful than my job! But, if something else ridiculous happens to get the creative juices flowing, I won’t avoid posting, but I’d never expect it to take off like this one (I’m normally not that witty).”

And Dr. Young wanted to be sure it was clarified that these are his opinions and only his opinions, and not those of his employer.

As you can imagine, the comments came in like a hurricane wave.

Shasta