I would also opine that all they have learnt throughout college, grad school and internship or whatever is 'follow the rules - comply or you're out'. Even when knowing it is incorrect.

Literally telling people that have already had a severe adverse reaction to the first dose requiring hospitalization - our guidance says we can't allow you a medical exemption for the second dose - but we do have a trauma room set up in the hospital just for you bc the evidence says that you're unlikely to have another rare event'... Happened to a long time friend of the family - that worked in a rest home.

yup well said

The only reason it's not OTC is because they don't want people to live long, healthy lives.

Same reason 20 or so years ago (pepperidge farms remembers, and so do i), big pharma lobbied Govts Worldwide to legislate and restrict the entire supplement industry to GP only prescription. Paying a GP for a fcking prescription for your vitamins/ minerals/ herbal remedies !!, and Only After proving you have a genuine legitimate need for them just to get the lowest/ most rubbish quality dose.

Thankfully it failed quite swiftly, but the nonsense justification from big pharma - 'untrained/ nonqualified individuals self medicating and causing themselves and others harm' or something something - based on the spurious outliers of npc's taking entire bottles at once or retards attempting to mediate broken bones with olive oil tinctures etc.