The vaccine IS POLITICIZED. Heavily!
You know when I see the discussion and comments from both sides saying how dumb the other side is when it comes to vaccinating or not vaccinating and they argue.....I cannot help but chuckle a bit.
Because this is totally so what I have been faced with and trying to balance and placate as a doctor over the past 20+ years.
Patients come all the time with their "smartest", "most correct" interpretation of what medicine should be to them. Sure their choices by and large only affect them, but hey as a doctor I have a duty to follow the guidelines and protocols and recommendations you know. I cannot suka suka just agree with whatever you say and follow without worrying about what would happen if somehow the college or the council gets a complaint and comes after me.
But here with the vaccine you can see clearly this whole "autonomy" at play.
Seriously, was medicine really something meant for the average person to understand and make the wisest decisions for themselves?