Just because it is old doesn't mean it cannot give us insights.
For example, Fauci or Cuomo or Whitmer are speaking from "Parent" when telling their constituents what they MUST do regarding Covid-19. People who project from "Parent" are almost always directing their message to "Child".
That has the potential for massive fails.
Transactions are analyzed very simply. Lines cannot cross. For example, I could transmit from Parent-Authority. If my intended listener attempts to communicate in Adult-Dialog then communication will break down and a fight is likely to ensue.
From the perspective of the person who perpetually transmits from Parent-Authority, there are only two acceptable responses:
- Total, unquestioning compliance. P--->C
- Becoming an accessory in the "push" message. P--->P
Much bigger than Covid
This issue is much bigger than Covid.
Consider pre-natal checks. There are communities where more than 50% of clinical, pre-natal checks are "blown-off".
In one study*, 65% of the respondents mentioned "...emotional barriers to keeping appointments. At times, the negative emotions about going to see the doctor were greater than the perceived benefit of keeping the appointment."
I am just spit-balling here, but I would guess that at least some of the prospective mothers didn't go, in part, because they knew their weight was going to be mentioned and they were going to be told to lose weight.
In the same study, 44% of the respondents commented "...on issues of respect by the health care system. From their viewpoints, health care staff did not respect patients, discounting patients’ time, opinions, and feelings." for missing appointments.
Pre-natal visits are absolutely essential for diagnosing placenta previa, flagging perinatal blood pressure issues and collecting family histories of clotting related disorders like lung embolisms. All three of these issues are potentially lethal to the mother.
Nagging might seem like an effective strategy to Fauci et al but it does not increase compliance rates and trains people to avoid medical providers.
*Not linked because it has an issue with small sample size.
Doctors have traditionally - and still today - done more harm than good to healthy people. Placenta previa and the like are rare enough that staying away from doctors is a reasonable bet. Traditionally, about 3% of pregnancies ended badly, with zero medical care. That's a good estimate of how often the doc is actually essential.
ReplyDeleteWhen you're talking with your doctor, it's up to you to have the conversation be A to A. That's the way it is in all my personal transactions (even with kids, a lot of the time).
ReplyDeletePeople resent the government because it usually forces them into the Child/submissive role. Government can't seem to help themselves from being an authority in almost every transaction, especially those where they are the ones providing a service that you are paying for. The more direct the service, the more authoritarian they seem to be (think driver's license).
Mask and vaccine mandates seem to me to be doomed to fail.