I’m Not a Conspiracy Theorist BUT …
Permit Me to Think Out Loud
I did a moderate amount of research for an article I wrote on Medium a few weeks ago. I’ve provided a link to that article below. The topic concerned a shortage of specialized workers. Basically, I made a list of professions that require either a degree or special training beyond high school. Then, I Googled the following question: Is there a shortage of ____? It didn’t matter whether I filled in the blank with doctors, nurses, teachers, pharmacists, firemen, police officers, psychiatrists, psychologists — you name it — the answer was YES, there is a shortage of ____.
Rural areas of the United States are the hardest hit.
However, I live in a midsize city, and we’re experiencing a shortage of doctors, for example. Our medical services are being stretched beyond what is practical and doable. Hence, the needs of many are taking longer to meet.
A friend of mine who is a nurse told me the other day that the doctors in the rural region where she works recently met to discuss the shortage of pharmacists. Pharmacists in the area are so understaffed and stretched so thin that mistakes are happening more often.
The doctors are overworked and understaffed as well.
Several of them are reaching retirement age with no one to replace them. They are also concerned because the current administration has muzzled the CDC. With no updates about current medical concerns, they feel frustrated. They were particularly worried about the spread of bird flu and the lack of information. They all agreed that if there was another pandemic, they would be ready to quit.
It doesn’t help that we have an administration that is opposed to science, the medical profession as a whole, and research.
They are also anti-education. Yet, we need more qualified students to go into the practice of medicine, not fewer. As older doctors retire, we’re facing a grave shortage of qualified physicians to tend to our population.
Personally, I think the very systems that support our society, whether it’s the timely delivery of goods or services, are crumbling. The things that made us a high-functioning and well-oiled machine for decades are slowly but surely falling into disarray. I don’t know if it’s deliberate or merely a sign that we’re a dying empire.
But the death knell is ringing, and it should be a source of concern for even the most skeptical.
Here’s a last anecdote: Do you remember when the US Postal Service was the pride of the nation? I’ve been waiting for over two weeks to get an important piece of mail from one of my banks. This is becoming more and more common. I happen to believe that the government deliberately sabotaged the Postal Service in order to make it less efficient, so that eventually, they could phase it out and replace it with privatized mail services only.
If I’m right about that, then why wouldn’t it be possible that the government is sabotaging other services that we’ve grown accustomed to receiving? Life makes no sense any longer. Zero.
Am I the only one who feels this way?
Teresa is an author and a professional myth buster. You can find her books on Amazon.
