The caduceus, right, is a winged rod with a pair of entwined snakes. The rod of Asclepius is a rod with no wings and a single snake

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1. Sid🇵🇸 (interneteh@dads.cool)'s status on Thursday, 21-Sep-2023 20:54:34 JST Sid🇵🇸

   I learned recently the caduceus (left) and the rod of Asclepius are different symbols with different meanings. The staff with one snake was historically used by healers, and the caduceus, as a symbol of Mercury (notably not a doctor) was associated with merchants

   Basically the USA got it wrong. But it is appropriate we got a symbol for commerce and a symbol for healing mixed up