It is really a crazy situation. I find that a lot of the non-academic docs are the ones more likely to question the whole situation. The academic ones seem to be more aligned with the "system" and are drinking the kool-aid. I don't know exactly what they are seeing, to be fair, but the water-cooler chat is far more honest than the public persona and discourse. I know many docs in my small circle that do not favor mandates and, at a minimum, question the rationale of vaccinating healthy kids. Few are willing to speak their minds and I think they fear getting publicly shamed by an ID specialist or hospital admin. We have been functioning as sheep for so long that it is hard to now expect the rank and file to grow a collective spine and challenge the system. I challenged the CEO of our local hospital system to recognize natural immunity as part of the vaccine mandate, and he did have a sympathetic ear to be fair. In the end, however, the federal mandate tied his hands. In follow up, the local system put their mandate on hold as soon as the courts started striking down the mandate. Was too late for most staff who had either quit or complied by that time.
It is really a crazy situation. I find that a lot of the non-academic docs are the ones more likely to question the whole situation. The academic ones seem to be more aligned with the "system" and are drinking the kool-aid. I don't know exactly what they are seeing, to be fair, but the water-cooler chat is far more honest than the public persona and discourse. I know many docs in my small circle that do not favor mandates and, at a minimum, question the rationale of vaccinating healthy kids. Few are willing to speak their minds and I think they fear getting publicly shamed by an ID specialist or hospital admin. We have been functioning as sheep for so long that it is hard to now expect the rank and file to grow a collective spine and challenge the system. I challenged the CEO of our local hospital system to recognize natural immunity as part of the vaccine mandate, and he did have a sympathetic ear to be fair. In the end, however, the federal mandate tied his hands. In follow up, the local system put their mandate on hold as soon as the courts started striking down the mandate. Was too late for most staff who had either quit or complied by that time.
It is encouraging to hear even rumblings amongst the rank and file practitioners. I know first hand the fear and pressure not to speak.