re: How much respect have you lost for the medical profession?

Personally I think you are barking up the wrong tree. The vast majority of medical professionals (working level) I know think the mandates are ridiculous. They just keep their heads down and roll with the flow.

The people I have zero respect for are the medical bodies and medical conglomerates like the CDC, AMA, FDA, Ochsner, etc. they have clearly become completely political organizations or at the beck and call of the pharmaceutical companies or just see $$ to be made. We stopped caring about health a long time ago. They want clients bc clients are good for business.