Maybe a "reply all" issue...

As we can all agree the Trump administration is going about as appallingly as expected (I knew, before he did his press conference, that he would try to bring in DEI as a reason for a plane crash, with no evidence whatsoever), I am instead avoiding posting about him as he is too awful to contemplate.

Instead, this story is half amusing:

A local health district in New South Wales has apologised after an administrator accidentally sent an email to junior doctors calling them a “workforce of clinical marshmellows [sic]”.

The email, seen by Guardian Australia, was sent by a medical administration manager at a hospital who appears to be complaining about a doctor’s response to a rostering issue.

The misfired message starts: “Seriously!

“I wonder if any of them realise that they are a doctor and that this is what happens. Oh that’s right … I forgot. Life style [sic] before career,” the message continued.

“God help us in the future. We are going to have a workforce of clinical marshmellows!”

The union representing doctors, the Australian Salaried Medical Officers’ Federation (Asmof), called the message “tone-deaf” and “unacceptable”, particularly “when NSW is facing a healthcare workforce crisis”.

A spokesperson for the relevant local health district said: “Junior medical officers (JMOs) work hard and are a vital part of our health service, and we sincerely apologise for the hurt and frustration caused by a recent email that was circulated.

“We are committed to fostering a workplace where junior medical officers feel valued and respected. The email did not reflect this commitment or our values, and we have written to the relevant JMOs to apologise. The matter is being addressed appropriately,” they said.

When you read stories like this, it makes you wonder whether the issue is still the conservatism within the older members of a profession that leads to the attitude that because they coped with some ridiculous and dangerously long work hours when an intern, the youngsters should be able to cope with the same - or else they are too soft to be a good doctor.  That's a very bad attitude.