makes me current

[GoodTaste]

Does "makes me current" mean "makes me feel existing in reality" (or "makes my sense of reality stronger")?


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Hi, Daily Mail article says I'm a former doctor - I'll be working as an urgent care GP this weekend - I think that makes me current.

- Carl Heneghan Editor in Chief of BMJ

 

[GoodTaste]

No. It's a contrast with 'former'.

That is, "makes me current" means "makes me presently as GP (general practitioner) again"? ("I was formerly a GP, and now I am a GP again")

 

[SoothingDave]

No, not again. He is disputing their assertion that he is a "former" by pointing out he is a "current."

 

[Tarheel]

That is, "makes me current" means "makes me presently a GP (general practitioner) again"? ("I was formerly a GP, and now I am a GP again")

He is pointing out that working at the urgent care facility means he is not a "former" doctor.

 

[Tdol]

That is, "makes me current" means "makes me presently as GP (general practitioner) again"? ("I was formerly a GP, and now I am a GP again")

There's nothing to suggest that he is coming out of retirement or had left the profession. He's just correcting something that was said about him.