Exactly. I would think doctors in southeast Asia would by now be at the forefront of video phone conferencing, what with all those commercials on TV where even Asian kids are doing it in school.
What an absurd, vapid and selfish remark. Pleasure travel exposes far more people to pathogens than a single med conference could, not to mention business travel. People with a little money (or borrowing it) simply *must* get itchy feet. I detest travel, myself. should I blame those who bring the bugs home for no better reason than their collection of boring snapshots?
Those same docs are also dying (at least two so far) from being exposed to sicky patients. Maybe they should just stay home when the phone rings, and patient is sick? With a silly comment like that, it must be tempting. Your docs and staff are what stands between you and your recurring "old man's friend".