“Scott Atlas Shrugged”

ONE DAY ONLY!! In actual fact, this event at the Atomic bookstore in Baltimore was for a graphic novel “Ultrasound” by Conor Stechschulte. I know nothing about the author/book but the sign’s wording forced a double-take. And it got me to thinking — what if world-renown radiologist Scott Atlas had come here to sign ultrasound images? That would be totally nuts, right?! I mean, why would a neuroradiologist be dealing in sonography, beyond perhaps the occasional neonatal head ultrasound? And, wait, he’s autographing them?? But, then again, the more obvious and salient question is what the holy-fuck a neuroradiologist is doing making grandiose, ill-informed pronouncements, outside his area of expertise, about a global pandemic? He’s standing there at the White House pulpit presenting his personal hunches (read as political opportunism) that influence government policy and public opinion. For that answer, I would stand in line. And his response, as I imagined it, was similar to the one Congressional Republicans often give when confronted over mass-shootings or voting rights or climate change or tax-cuts for billionaires or a woman’s right to self-determination. He just shrugged. What a jackass…..