This was a terrific piece. What continues to amaze and dismay me are the large numbers of responses to this and so many other essays here that demonstrate the widespread mistrust and outright suspicion of the medical system, and especially physicians.
Did the flawed, but best-intentioned response to the pandemic, complete with developmentā¦
This was a terrific piece. What continues to amaze and dismay me are the large numbers of responses to this and so many other essays here that demonstrate the widespread mistrust and outright suspicion of the medical system, and especially physicians.
Did the flawed, but best-intentioned response to the pandemic, complete with development of a vaccine using new technology and with miraculous speed cause all this, or has it been simmering under the surface for much longer?
I fear that these mistrustful people will shun expert medical care and try to heal themselves from serious disease using quack treatments, with predictable results.
The medical system, including its basic research arm, must figure out how to regain that trust.
Thank you, JDM. I try very hard to be transparent about why I think what I think, how important I think it is and why. This is part of why I love story telling; it lets people make their own conclusions.
I have spent my whole life in the one on one enterprise of medicine with the patient. Writing and attempting to communicate with people I've never met before is a new experience for me.
The distrust predates the pandemic. But..... The medical industry invited scrutiny of itself by intruding itself on our daily lives for months on end. The financial conflicts and flimsiness of medical evidence then became apparent to millions of people who never would have cared previously.
This was a terrific piece. What continues to amaze and dismay me are the large numbers of responses to this and so many other essays here that demonstrate the widespread mistrust and outright suspicion of the medical system, and especially physicians.
Did the flawed, but best-intentioned response to the pandemic, complete with development of a vaccine using new technology and with miraculous speed cause all this, or has it been simmering under the surface for much longer?
I fear that these mistrustful people will shun expert medical care and try to heal themselves from serious disease using quack treatments, with predictable results.
The medical system, including its basic research arm, must figure out how to regain that trust.
Thank you, JDM. I try very hard to be transparent about why I think what I think, how important I think it is and why. This is part of why I love story telling; it lets people make their own conclusions.
I have spent my whole life in the one on one enterprise of medicine with the patient. Writing and attempting to communicate with people I've never met before is a new experience for me.
The distrust predates the pandemic. But..... The medical industry invited scrutiny of itself by intruding itself on our daily lives for months on end. The financial conflicts and flimsiness of medical evidence then became apparent to millions of people who never would have cared previously.