Precisely my point in your first sentence. I must have missed the arrogant Doctors, my Doctor is pretty laid back, normal guy, easy to talk to about anything. The arrogant messages came from politically funded groups like the CDC, Who, Fauci, etc. I think many people, are confusing the medical profession with politically funded organizations that had their own messages, and yes, some had medial professionals working for them, but working for the good of their company, not the good of the American people.UNI88 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:40 amPolitics played a part in people not following protocol but so did psychology and communications/marketing. The doctors arrogantly thought they could tell people what to do and people would just do it. They should have considered how to frame and communicate the message as well how to explain the changes in the recommendations.Gil Dobie wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:21 am
Covid is medical, had we followed the medical advise, we wouldn't have the psychological and economic issues that followed. By not following the protocol, Covid spread, and the government got involved, leading to the psychological and economic issues. Several segments of the economy are booming right now, and at least where I am, there is not much that is on lockdown, just the slow release of the vaccine.
Protocols were first put in place in March and adjusted but are still in place in varying formats. Do you really think that if people had followed the protocols this would have been under control in a matter of weeks? Because that is the only way we would have avoided the psychological and economic impacts. And a good psychologist/sociologist could have told the doctors that some people weren't going to follow the protocols and the doctors could have planned and communicated accordingly. Doctors aren't gods and people aren't going to bow before them and do exactly what they say. To expect people to do so is arrogant and demonstrates a lack of understanding of human nature.
I do believe if enough people followed the protocol, maybe 70-80%, we would have less cases of covid in this country then, during the peak and now. Politicians would not have jumped in with lockdowns and even mask mandates.