I recently visited a family member in the hospital. I asked the attending doctor whether heart failure could possibly be attributed to a recent covid vax.
The doctor told me not to believe the stuff I read on the internet. He said, “My mother always told me not to believe anyone who didn’t have a PhD or MD after their name.”
I was stunned.
These people are everywhere!
When I was in engineering school, I had a prof. This is before laptops and phones. He started writing on the blackboard, and we were all taking notes. He wrote:
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“Piled higher and deeper”
How true!
Doctors and medical researchers are particularly prone to the “believe the experts” mentality—many spent a lot of time and money becoming “experts” and believe it gives them status.
Their identity is tied up with that status.
If you question “experts” it feels like a personal attack on them.
Only the most “together” and emotionally secure medical professionals can rise above their prejudices.
My doctor is one of the good ones—she is very pragmatic—if it works for a particular patient she is in favor of it.