OMG! Pressure!

[pen_grunt]

Pregnancy board lady: OMG, my doctor is trying to pressure me into getting a flu shot!
Me: OMG, if you're not going to listen to your doctor, why aren't you just getting pregnancy advice by holding a conch shell up to your ear and doing whatever the ocean sounds tell you to do?

Sometimes I just snap, man.

Seriously, though. You can NOT take your doctor's advice or get a second opinion, or whatever...but it's pretty much their job to "pressure" you into doing what's best for your health. If she had sky-high cholesterol, they would probably try to "pressure" her into fixing the issue through diet or meds.

Comments

[eyelid.livejournal.com]

you'd think they'd be super excited about pregnant women getting the flu, then. The resulting pneumonia and ICU time would definitely make them more money than a flu shot does.

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

This is the problem with conspiracy theories. The strategy never seems to work quite right.

It's a dichotomy, either all doctors are incompetent, or they're all in cahoots.