No, they don’t. What you’re saying is anecdotal based off your own opinion of localized area, but you can’t speak for _every_ doctors office. There are doctors offices even using iPads for dictation for their reports. I’m sure some doctor offices use PCs, but you can’t speak the entire medical field.
So you’re assuming that schools also don’t use iPads? Because they do. Absolutely Chromebooks are used, but that doesn’t mean iPads isn’t either. Chrome books have become more widespread because they are cheaper, but I am aware of schools in my area (And a multitude of others) that use iPads strictly because of the security with iOS
Your post is one giant anecdotal opinion. I can tell you I can walk in any coffee shop and I would see at least one or two iPads being used by customers during their visit. There are even some coffee shops that have iPads integrated into the coffee shops for ordering and usage for the customer.
What does this have to do with the article or the fact that the iPad is still widely used? It’s still one of the most dominant tablets in the world and used in multiple applications that I listed. I think you’re trying to dismiss the iPad on purpose, but that doesn’t make it a product that’s not integrated in the world Around us.
To me, I think you’re also not aware of the iPad Pro potential just aside from ‘media consumption’, because it’s far more capable than that, many use as them as productivity tools and it’s even replaced some PCs depending on their work applications.