As an elderly man, I have many memories. Of all the groups who should see the dangers, one would expect the elderly to be resistant to this grand psy-op. Yet, my peers appear to be as susceptible to fear as younger generations, and they are easily manipulated by white lab coats and promises of immortality by vaccines. They are filled wit…
As an elderly man, I have many memories. Of all the groups who should see the dangers, one would expect the elderly to be resistant to this grand psy-op. Yet, my peers appear to be as susceptible to fear as younger generations, and they are easily manipulated by white lab coats and promises of immortality by vaccines. They are filled with memories of cold and flus as part of life. They lived through the Hong Kong Flu and even attended Woodstock in the midst of it. It surely shows the power of the current mass manipulation, that even my generation can be some easily fooled.
In all fairness, Sierra Gray, the elderly grew up in a world where the medical community was to be trusted, where a years/decades long one-on-one relationship with your doctor was the norm. Trust had an opportunity to be established. That world no longer exists. I am not sure the transition has been noted by many of the elderly, at least not in my experience. Many of the 60+ older ones I know seem to still be of the mindset that if the doctor says it, then it must be adhered to without questioning, as in the old days.
And just for the record I am in that group, and while I remember clearly my trust-relationship with my doc of 30 years and long for those days, I still approach my days with eyes wide open. As for not just the elderly but for all age groups, there is none so blind as he who chooses not to see.
Excellent comment, Rust. I, too, lament the loss of trust. I spent my life in health care and experienced the decline from the 1980’s, after government and insurers started managing and regulating care. It was sold as a means of eliminating all the paperwork of filing for insurance reimbursements. In reality it turned my own patient care into a money mill driven by billing codes. As a rehab therapist I went from 50 minute sessions with each patient to 30, and then to 20. My employers pressured me to do what paid the best. Eventually I retired early to keep my integrity. Physicians began to leave private practice for similar reasons and joined groups or hospitals to survive. This only worsened the process.
Sierra Grey, on my last visit with my old doc, he told me pretty much exactly what you have stated. I loved this man dearly, with my trust in him in treating myself and my children absolute. He called it as he saw it, no BS, and I never felt taken advantage of for useless tests or procedures. No obfuscations. He was a family man and conducted himself as such, and as a result I always felt my family's health was as important to him as his own. The same applied to his nurse who had been there for over 30 years!
I arrived to my very last appointment with him and the first thing I saw was a taped notice to the door stating that the practice was closing in one week and to please call for your medical records. When I got back to see him and asked what was going on (he was not quite at retirement age!), I saw a side of him I'd never seen before. He was OUTRAGED at the constraints placed on him by obamacare and what came before it, slowly creeping in on his autonomy as a physician, and he spared no words to describe just how he felt about it. He said to me, "If I can't practice medicine MY WAY, I am done with it! I am retiring even though I planned to work until I died" ....he had tears in his eyes and I did too, for him and his anguish.
I'm sorry for your loss of your career before you were ready. Such an overall sad place we all find ourselves in. Now I see a nurse practitioner who - although a very nice woman - is not half the physician my old doc was. I feel my care is sub par but after investigating the alternatives, I choose to stick with her. The days will soon be here when memories of the old ways of health care will no longer even exist.
Rust, as older people we experienced what healthcare can be and was. I was fortunate 7 years to find a concierge physician. For $225 a month my wife and I got excellent care, to include his cell phone number and instant communications. He was committed to good care, All was well until the vaccines. Being in California, I realized he would be in a difficult position with his client base. He recommended the vaccine and did not challenge my objections, but clearly was holding his cards close to his chest. He convinced me to at least be tested for antibodies. That was in April 2021. I have not been back since then but will use my next interaction as an evaluation of his ethics. If he is still pushing the vaccine, I will have to find a other provider. Like you, I may end up with a nurse practitioner or a physician assistant. I’ve known a few that were good, but they are less skilled than the better MDs. The sad truth is that this may be the best I can do.
Perhaps we have two distinct groups at play now. A younger cohort of “older adults/near elderly” 60-80, and elderly 80+. If there is a failure in societal leadership between these two, I would put it on the younger cohort. Their blind faith in the narrative can not be so quickly dismissed. Like most today, regardless of age, they have willfully taken the easy path…
As an elderly man, I have many memories. Of all the groups who should see the dangers, one would expect the elderly to be resistant to this grand psy-op. Yet, my peers appear to be as susceptible to fear as younger generations, and they are easily manipulated by white lab coats and promises of immortality by vaccines. They are filled with memories of cold and flus as part of life. They lived through the Hong Kong Flu and even attended Woodstock in the midst of it. It surely shows the power of the current mass manipulation, that even my generation can be some easily fooled.
In all fairness, Sierra Gray, the elderly grew up in a world where the medical community was to be trusted, where a years/decades long one-on-one relationship with your doctor was the norm. Trust had an opportunity to be established. That world no longer exists. I am not sure the transition has been noted by many of the elderly, at least not in my experience. Many of the 60+ older ones I know seem to still be of the mindset that if the doctor says it, then it must be adhered to without questioning, as in the old days.
And just for the record I am in that group, and while I remember clearly my trust-relationship with my doc of 30 years and long for those days, I still approach my days with eyes wide open. As for not just the elderly but for all age groups, there is none so blind as he who chooses not to see.
Excellent comment, Rust. I, too, lament the loss of trust. I spent my life in health care and experienced the decline from the 1980’s, after government and insurers started managing and regulating care. It was sold as a means of eliminating all the paperwork of filing for insurance reimbursements. In reality it turned my own patient care into a money mill driven by billing codes. As a rehab therapist I went from 50 minute sessions with each patient to 30, and then to 20. My employers pressured me to do what paid the best. Eventually I retired early to keep my integrity. Physicians began to leave private practice for similar reasons and joined groups or hospitals to survive. This only worsened the process.
Sierra Grey, on my last visit with my old doc, he told me pretty much exactly what you have stated. I loved this man dearly, with my trust in him in treating myself and my children absolute. He called it as he saw it, no BS, and I never felt taken advantage of for useless tests or procedures. No obfuscations. He was a family man and conducted himself as such, and as a result I always felt my family's health was as important to him as his own. The same applied to his nurse who had been there for over 30 years!
I arrived to my very last appointment with him and the first thing I saw was a taped notice to the door stating that the practice was closing in one week and to please call for your medical records. When I got back to see him and asked what was going on (he was not quite at retirement age!), I saw a side of him I'd never seen before. He was OUTRAGED at the constraints placed on him by obamacare and what came before it, slowly creeping in on his autonomy as a physician, and he spared no words to describe just how he felt about it. He said to me, "If I can't practice medicine MY WAY, I am done with it! I am retiring even though I planned to work until I died" ....he had tears in his eyes and I did too, for him and his anguish.
I'm sorry for your loss of your career before you were ready. Such an overall sad place we all find ourselves in. Now I see a nurse practitioner who - although a very nice woman - is not half the physician my old doc was. I feel my care is sub par but after investigating the alternatives, I choose to stick with her. The days will soon be here when memories of the old ways of health care will no longer even exist.
Rust, as older people we experienced what healthcare can be and was. I was fortunate 7 years to find a concierge physician. For $225 a month my wife and I got excellent care, to include his cell phone number and instant communications. He was committed to good care, All was well until the vaccines. Being in California, I realized he would be in a difficult position with his client base. He recommended the vaccine and did not challenge my objections, but clearly was holding his cards close to his chest. He convinced me to at least be tested for antibodies. That was in April 2021. I have not been back since then but will use my next interaction as an evaluation of his ethics. If he is still pushing the vaccine, I will have to find a other provider. Like you, I may end up with a nurse practitioner or a physician assistant. I’ve known a few that were good, but they are less skilled than the better MDs. The sad truth is that this may be the best I can do.
Perhaps we have two distinct groups at play now. A younger cohort of “older adults/near elderly” 60-80, and elderly 80+. If there is a failure in societal leadership between these two, I would put it on the younger cohort. Their blind faith in the narrative can not be so quickly dismissed. Like most today, regardless of age, they have willfully taken the easy path…
Are they truly elders? Where is the leadership, where is the wisdom? All I see is old children…