Also, a little more subtle, it felt like a con. In Canada the narrative was not understood by those delivering it yet they had all the zeal of a vacuum salesman with a rolex watch. The confirmation was the cheesy reverse psychology queue of 'you're almost qualified to stand in line' to get the thing you never asked for. That hollow messa…
Also, a little more subtle, it felt like a con. In Canada the narrative was not understood by those delivering it yet they had all the zeal of a vacuum salesman with a rolex watch. The confirmation was the cheesy reverse psychology queue of 'you're almost qualified to stand in line' to get the thing you never asked for. That hollow message was delivered synchronously across all media - it wreaked of coordinated desperation. Add this tell to the general attitude in healthcare towards the infirm. A nurse friend of mine said her moment came when her employer, the admin of an old age home, started pounding the message 'we're doing it for the well being of the elderly' - she said 'that would be a first'
Well put. Like you say it just felt 'off' from the get-go and I've learned the hard way to not ignore my intuition. I'm now grateful for all those lesser "I got burnt", aka betrayed/deceived, experiences b/c they saved me and mine from this gigantic deception.
Yes. And what this article demonstrates is that there were many logical ways to arrive at the conclusion that the known risks outweighed the known benefits. What our gut/intuition was telling us was also logical - 'authorities' ignoring or downplaying the unknown risks was a strong signal of risk.
Also, a little more subtle, it felt like a con. In Canada the narrative was not understood by those delivering it yet they had all the zeal of a vacuum salesman with a rolex watch. The confirmation was the cheesy reverse psychology queue of 'you're almost qualified to stand in line' to get the thing you never asked for. That hollow message was delivered synchronously across all media - it wreaked of coordinated desperation. Add this tell to the general attitude in healthcare towards the infirm. A nurse friend of mine said her moment came when her employer, the admin of an old age home, started pounding the message 'we're doing it for the well being of the elderly' - she said 'that would be a first'
This is a great line😂
“In Canada the narrative was not understood by those delivering it yet they had all the zeal of a vacuum salesman with a rolex watch.”
Well put. Like you say it just felt 'off' from the get-go and I've learned the hard way to not ignore my intuition. I'm now grateful for all those lesser "I got burnt", aka betrayed/deceived, experiences b/c they saved me and mine from this gigantic deception.
Yes. And what this article demonstrates is that there were many logical ways to arrive at the conclusion that the known risks outweighed the known benefits. What our gut/intuition was telling us was also logical - 'authorities' ignoring or downplaying the unknown risks was a strong signal of risk.