I've lost a tremendous amount of trust and respect for people in medicine. It makes me question every decision my doctors make. It is not like I always just went along with what they say. I would verify. But now my starting place is one of disbelief and distrust. Now I need to be thoroughly convinced by independent sources.
Right there with you.
I haven't had a whole lot of interaction with the medical profession-in spite of having several family members in it-but lately every encounter turns into what I've come to characterize as attempted murder. Last prescription I filled is still sitting on a shelf in my closet. Six years later. I only keep it as a reminder of the bullet I dodged.
For me I started losing trust in doctors years ago.
It started in 2003 when one doctor laughed out loud at me when I suggested that I try a low carb diet to lower my blood pressure and reverse the Type II diabetes he told me I was getting.
I lost 100 pounds that year going low carb and never needed the blood pressure pills he insisted I go on. By cutting almost all added sugar, I now have no signs of Type II diabetes - even 20 years later.
Other doctors would tell me to avoid red meat and eat more grains, to use margarine instead of butter, to eat the egg whites and throw the delicious and nutritious yolks away.
All the above bad advice was proven to be wrong but doctors will continue to give that advice because they tend to care more about their own reputations and careers than your health. They are not typically going to rock the boat, go against the status quo. They will simply parrot what the medical establishments tells them to say. They are going to play it safe.
That's why most of them recommended the experimental COVID shots. They knew that by going against the grain and sticking their necks out, that they'd open themselves up to ridicule or worse from their peers. So they went along to get along.
Doctors aren't all bad. You would want them around if you were seriously ill. However, we are our own best advocates for our general health. The better we take care of ourselves, the less we need to rely on them.