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Originally Posted by wbradley
If your peers are doctors and health professionals, and you refuse to succumb to their widely popular opinion then you either 1) know better or 2) have issues with people knowing better based on their credentials and the overwhelming agreement by physicians and front line care givers, that it is a priority to stop infections and re-infection. Fortunately we are 33% lower than peak levels here but also just extended lockdown another 2 weeks. It's not a quarantine. But it does suck.
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The bolded is literally what happens all the time. Patient's wont listen half the time or do so half-heartedly. Hell client's of mine don't listen to me sometimes no matter how much I say "I told you so." That's usually from clients who think they know more than me.
Case and point: I have my Masters of Science in Exercise Physiology, multiple accredited certifications in strength and conditioning, ect ect. I get a client who used to be a personal trainer back in the early 90s and is a physical therapist now. Gives the usual spill about how she knows this and that. Cool I can respect that. But when she insists on doing things that are contraindicated of her conditions or downright silly, I know something's up. I call her out on it, and I get the "You're so smart, but I like this exercise." Refuses to listen, but with patience and figuring out how to convince her, she eventually drops them. Took several weeks because she's stubborn, but worked. Eventually.
Point is, you gotta be patient with anyone no matter their intelligence. Demeaning them or being aggressive turns humans away by nature. The exception being brutal change that's palpable to everyone (this COVID is not that).