RE: That's not Science, that's Religion
Your post was thought provoking to say the least. I would like to attempt to comment on your final paragraph:
Science is never settled. If it can't be questioned it isn't science it's religion. If your doctor doesn't care if it's safe do you really want them practicing medicine on you? If you can't be fully informed how effectively can you give consent or make health decisions for yourself? If any health or state personal try to silence your ability to ask questions about your health review the previous questions.
I quit the medical profession because “informed decision” and “choice” has been essentially removed from both the patient as well as the physician. The ability to “silence” both the patient and physician is currently in place. Treatment of the patient is now solely based on “mandatory” options which cannot be deviated from.
These options are directed by the insurance companies and the government through the Value Based Payment Model.
Medical providers are now subject to a fee for service (FFS) delivery system where they are paid for each service separately (e.g., office visit, test, or procedures.)
The Quality Payment Program called Macra and Mips basically enslave providers in the medical profession and remove their decision making. It is impossible for a medical provider to practice out of that circle of control because they would simply be unable to remain licensed or at least maintain their present salary.
If the patient chooses to decline an ordered vaccine or medical test, that ultimately costs the physician and his employer the hospital system he or she is affiliated with money. That action ultimately can place the patient in a position where the physician can “dismiss them from the practice” because they are not following medical advice.
The following TED Talk is enlightening on the problem of Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment
you mean to say that doctors aren't forced to take this oath
and actually follow by it
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They probably take the oath due to tradition but, unfortunately regulations stand in the way.
well goodwill and wisdom I suppose, I would argue that is better than regulations, self regulation trumps everything. You can't make people do anything either way. At least when they aren't concerned with their health. The problem is regulations are playing on people's fear and on the other end of the spectrum people are preying on people's lack of understanding for the sake of their own wants and needs. so I guess oaths are good as long as you hold by it.
What if all the medical professionals stopped dealing with the endless slew of bullshit and the threats of less pay and started treating the patients as real human beings. Taking their needs into account. Sure a hospital here and there would be needed for emergencies. But "A ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" so rather than spending millions on research and pills, why not educate everyone on well-being and nutritional balances, benefits of exercise, the links between the mind and the body and so on. Why is it almost impossible to find a good education. Either there are bureaucracies waiting to drain you or some ideologies waiting to paint you as evil. The media is no help either, rehashing old stories and bringing in more exaggerations thus widening the divide.
You and I have like views regarding the healthcare system for sure. As I said in my introduction post the healthcare system was entirely different 20+ years ago and because of all the "bullshit" as you say. I quit my job far from retirement age. Better no income from the "control group" than to go to work every day and be unhappy with the healthcare I was was forced to provide to my patients.
As for the media, that is another profession that has gone down the tubes. Instead of doing their job of accurate investigative reporting they are told what to say and they comply.