Gee Whiz, ...
Posted on 02/01/2024 5:04:51 PM PST by george76
Americans have lost trust in some of the most important roles in a society, including those in the medical industry, teaching, and especially positions of institutional power.
A Gallup poll in Honesty and Ethics conducted at the end of 2023 asked 800 respondents to rate the ethical standards of and their overall trust in a series of professions.
"How you would rate the honesty and ethical standards of people in these different fields?" the survey asked. In terms of "very high" trust, all professions but one took a hit compared to previous years.
The poll measured the downward trends dating back to 2019, showing that medical doctors, pharmacists, bankers, and journalists have lost the most trust.
Medical doctors went from 65% in 2019 down to 56% in 2023, while pharmacists dropped from 64% to 55%.
Bankers' and journalists' ethics decreased in the public eye from 28% in 2019 to 19% in 2023, as well.
Chiropractors, clergy, and business executives took eight-point hits in the survey, tied for the second-highest decreases.
Dentists (-2), stockbrokers (-2), insurance people (-1), and car salespeople (-1) fared among the best on the survey over the same period of time.
However, dentists were the only profession of the top gainers that did not already have an abysmal rating for the "very high" trust category.
Dentists had 59%, while insurance salesman and stockbrokers were trusted at a rate of just 12%. Car salespeople were near the bottom at only 8%.
Completely bottoming out on the list in terms of high levels of trust were senators, at just 8%, and members of Congress, who were rated as having "very high" ethical standards by just 6% of respondents.
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Just 22% of Republicans rated college teachers highly, while nearly two-thirds of Democrats did at 62%. As well, Democrats rated journalists more favorably than Republicans by more than four times; 32% to 7%, respectively.
The numbers flipped, however, for police officers, where 55% of Republicans rated them highly, with 37% of Democrats agreeing.
For me it is the medical profession that is taking the biggest hit. However, our government is far and away #1 in my book.
Gee Whiz, ...
How do you bunch Chiropractors, with Business executives and the clergy?
After 50+ years of effort, they've finally gained control of these institutions, and are trying to force society to change.
Society is saying no.
Gee, I can’t imagine why......
Count me in.
My attitude toward the medical establishment has gone from general ambivalence to visceral distrust.
While they are good for acute problems and emergencies, they have no interest in healing, rather they just want you coming back and paying more.
Police need to study and follow the constitution and must be held accountable when they abrogate your rights.
Government needs to be destroyed except for all the things they do right.
A comprehensive list of government accomplishments follows.
All the institutions are crashing hard.
Wear a useless mask, ,castrate kids…go figure.,
KenyanKare explains the fall in the medical world, socialism kills. The congress and the senate are at the bottom where they belong, however 8% is a little high. 1% would be generous.
On the upside, my trust in journalists is exactly where it’s always been.
I listen to the DoctorRadio channel on satellite radio. Yes I have lost a lot of trust in the medical profession.
Some of the docs are high quality with character. But many are believers of the Left and Wokeness.
Only because politicians are so far down already... I hope.
I'll trade you any of them for a decent plumber, mechanic, or utility worker.
We are rushing heading into Weimar Republic like situation.
All pillars of society have deteriorated and this is in a period of relative peace and prosperity.
Just wait when the butcher’s bill of government borrowing and spending comes due.
It wouldn’t be pretty.
All according to plan.
I don’t see anyone saying “no” to anything.
The Left is getting everything they want.
They may have low approval ratings, but they still control the insitutions.
And it certainly doesn’t help that the “medical profession” went full Nazi, first lying about the origin of the Wuhan coronavirus, before propagandizing about the “vaccines”, silencing and demonizing those with legitimate questions, blocking access to cheap and effective treatments, and forcing people to take the “vax.”
The “medical profession” is no longer about the practice of medicine, it’s about promulgating the Leftist agenda through propaganda and control.
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