The two major narratives I see on Lemmy about healthcare in the US.
The medical companies are profit driven and untrustworthy
People who don’t trust the medical companies are frustratingly ignorant.
Of course the issues are complicated and woven with details and nuance, though I have to wonder if there isn’t a reason why this happening beyond “They’re brainwashed”
On some level, yes. Most of the experiments were performed on socially vulnerable populations (racial minorities, the mentally ill, prisoners, etc). But for the average (white) citizen, this is a history lesson, not something that informs current behaviors. Additionally, much of that is tied to organizations like the military, which is usually seen as a different part of the government.
The FDA actually had a very good run of being relatively citizen-focused and making things safer. It’s only somewhat recently they’ve fully pivoted to the “businesses are clients” model, so a lot of people haven’t adapted.
Also, to your original point, my perception is that the lack of trust in the profit driven medical world is not that they can’t help, but that they’ll deny help if it costs too much. A common sentiment I hear is that the US has “the best healthcare in the world,” and then complaints about how the insurance process bars access to it because of money.
Yes, there are people who believe things like “they’ve cured cancer but keep the cure hidden to make money off the treatments,” but that’s not the norm.
These morons have been brainwashed to visualize life-saving immunizations as “scary unfeeling doctor man forced poison into my sweet innocent baby”.
And they just eat it the fuck up.
The two major narratives I see on Lemmy about healthcare in the US.
The medical companies are profit driven and untrustworthy
People who don’t trust the medical companies are frustratingly ignorant.
Of course the issues are complicated and woven with details and nuance, though I have to wonder if there isn’t a reason why this happening beyond “They’re brainwashed”
You don’t trust the companies. We’re supposed to be able to trust the FDA and CDC
I know I’m the outsider here, but isn’t there a long history of abuse even in the government health organisations?
Like full on medical experiments on US citizens without their knowledge?
On some level, yes. Most of the experiments were performed on socially vulnerable populations (racial minorities, the mentally ill, prisoners, etc). But for the average (white) citizen, this is a history lesson, not something that informs current behaviors. Additionally, much of that is tied to organizations like the military, which is usually seen as a different part of the government.
The FDA actually had a very good run of being relatively citizen-focused and making things safer. It’s only somewhat recently they’ve fully pivoted to the “businesses are clients” model, so a lot of people haven’t adapted.
Also, to your original point, my perception is that the lack of trust in the profit driven medical world is not that they can’t help, but that they’ll deny help if it costs too much. A common sentiment I hear is that the US has “the best healthcare in the world,” and then complaints about how the insurance process bars access to it because of money.
Yes, there are people who believe things like “they’ve cured cancer but keep the cure hidden to make money off the treatments,” but that’s not the norm.