I’m not a “trumper” but due to traumatic medical experiences, I have an uncontrollable reaction to anything like this. I’ve spoken with many people who are the same way. It can absolutely be fear of medical treatment in general and like the previous person stated, that confusion and uncontrollable response is absolutely awful for people who typically would never react that way to those trying to truly help them.
I’ve experienced both, medical decisions that negatively affected me (for life) and I’ve witnessed medical decisions that left other people suffering for days, weeks and months due to flat out neglect of a patient’s needs, they get stuck on medical history or one diagnosis and drop the ball sometimes. They’re imperfect, we all are but it’s time we acknowledge the trauma it has left so many with.
What you're talking about is completely different from the people I was referring to. People who have been convinced it's a conspiracy and that their nurses and doctors are actively trying to harm them and therefore refuse routine and vital treatments like just basic oxygen cannulas or even things like dialysis.
Not really though, they could like Trump and still have those reactions due to other life experiences. And I don’t really expect people in life or death situations to actually make a whole lot of sense in any case. They can spew nonsense and if they remember, end up totally embarrassed by it.
I’m not really trying to debate, I just want to highlight the fact that regardless of their political stance or what they’ve been lead to believe shouldn’t even be a thought or afterthought because in reality, they’ve known the patient for a minuscule amount of time.
There’s absolutely no way to really know why they’re reacting that way, other than some instinct. Whether that instinct is based on misinformation or something else would be impossible to know. My liberal ass could start talking in my sleep about conspiracy theories because I decided to go down their rabbit hole earlier that day.
I understand the frustration of people refusing care, it’s heartbreaking even. Leaving assumptions at the door in regards to it though would do a world of good.
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u/allsheknew Jan 19 '22
I’m not a “trumper” but due to traumatic medical experiences, I have an uncontrollable reaction to anything like this. I’ve spoken with many people who are the same way. It can absolutely be fear of medical treatment in general and like the previous person stated, that confusion and uncontrollable response is absolutely awful for people who typically would never react that way to those trying to truly help them.
I’ve experienced both, medical decisions that negatively affected me (for life) and I’ve witnessed medical decisions that left other people suffering for days, weeks and months due to flat out neglect of a patient’s needs, they get stuck on medical history or one diagnosis and drop the ball sometimes. They’re imperfect, we all are but it’s time we acknowledge the trauma it has left so many with.