The local medical fraternity must be growing increasingly worried and distressed that the influence of their white coats appears to be waning at a rate that is unprecedented.The questioning of medical advice, the abundance of outlandish conspiracies and deliberate disinformation are now so prevalent that some people have more faith in their Google search or Facebook timelines, than they do in the professionals who have made medicine their life’s study and work.As the COVID-19 pandemic drags into a second full year and we remain fully in its grips, citizens’ tolerance levels for advice, admonition, guidance, and medical prescription are falling rapidly.There is a heightened level of suspicion, angst, and impatience with this disease and the litany of maladies that have accompanied it. The desire for respite from the pandemic and a return to normalcy has overtaken rational thinking by some of our citizens.
