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monkeypox and derm reputation

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I pulled this off the derm forum on ezboard:

"I read an article about monkeypox in a public newspaper:
www.wausaudailyherald.com...0585.shtml

and found a source press release on the Web with personal interviews of some of the involved dermatologists:
www.marshfieldclinic.org/...sp?id=2279

Dermatologists were essential in discovering monkeypox in the Western Hemisphere, and hopefully in time to isolate it before it spread to the wild.

While derm is looked upon as a prestigious field within the medical community, I don't think the general public views it as prestigious. Dealing with moles, rashes, lesions, etc. is likely dirty work in the public's eye, and a pediatrician is probably more revered.

The monkeypox outbreak helps validate the importance of derm.

Does anyone else think there is a reputation dichotomy ?"