Again, like i mentioned, I never disagreed with you. I already stated that I agreed that DO has a better match overall. Is there something you're not getting here? Here it is again: "Maybe my stance wasn't clear, but it was that US MD does not get "stigmatized" while US DO and IMGs do". We need to talk about overall picture rather than just one selective point. You'd be delusional if you think DOs don't get stigmatized by others in the country across all fields. My stance was that. US MD should always be your first option as it opens the most doors. Again, in case you don't understand, I already agreed with the fact DOs have a better match rate overall, thus my stance and also my rankings where i put DO > IMGs. If you still don't get that, then idk what else to say because I made it very clear at this point.
Pretty much if you go to the caribbeans, you should already be fine with primary care or something that isnt hyper competitive. If not, you're delusional af. The majority will match into primary care and the type of residencies is mostly community programs. Like i said, at the end of the day, as a IM/FM physician, person A going to T10 IM vs person B going to a local community IM, both will get paid the same if they are both offered jobs. Both are still board certified and licensed. News flash, not all community programs that IMGs match into are malignant. A LOT of those are in NY, but there are a lot others that are super supportive. Moving on, HR wants to see if you have the credentials to practice. If your goal is to get into the best possible residency, then go US MD > US DO then nothing else. But if your goal is to practice as a physician and help patients then apply US MD & US DO for at least 2-3 years then if you cant, do the IMG route if you're still dedicated (could be carib but other routes like UQ-oschner, etc work too). In 20 years, no one will care that you trained at T10 vs a community program. Patients just want to know if you can help them.
Again, in case i gotta reiterate again, US DO > IMGs in literally every aspect of the match.