The revival of the eyeball wars!
Long before America was split between Trumpeters and Resisters and those in between, it turns out that Florida was experiencing fighting between factions like no other.
Down here, for years apparently, people needed to pick a side between optometrists and ophthalmologists. And for those of you who only thought that "ophthalmologists" was just a word they use in spelling bees to separate the wheat from the chaff, rest assured that they are a real thing -- or a real group of professionals, to be most accurate.
It turns out that the optome-whatevers have their eyes set on some of the things that only ophthal-whatevers can do (including the almighty power of writing of prescriptions [almighty because it's all-money]), and although a peace had been negotiated back in 2013 when the skirmishes first came into view, there's new legislation in 2017 that's going to get the eyeball wars back in everyone's sights. We'll just have to see how it all plays out (and I'm done with the puns -- for now).
IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE:
http://www.allaboutvision.com/eye-doctor/choose.htm
THE 2013 BATTLES:
https://www.reviewofoptometry.com/article/fight-continues-in-fla-eyeball-wars
WAR IS ON AGAIN YO!:
http://watchdog.org/291140/291140/
