Mindful,
Protocols are based on evidence, hence the term evidence-based medicine. Unlike twisted anecdotal evidence that cannot be replicated, If you consider being open-minded when people fall for scare tactics spread by people that have nothing on what to base their scare tactics, this is actually called fear mongering and misinformation.
furthermore, as I have mentioned multiple times, the doctors and other providers have no monetary gain to follow the latest recommendations and evidence. The ‘alternative’ movement which defies evidence based medicine, has based its entire marketing and business module based on scaring people with made up garbage claims.
Twisting anything that seems on the surface as if it furthers their cause, regardless if the true facts point to the direction they want or not, is not called being open-minded. In fact, this is the way a lot of people view this, the scientific community bases everything based on scientific evidence, regardless of what the results show, even if it means admitting that what they thought all along, was not fully accurate.
On the other hand, the alternative movement is hanging on to their beliefs, now they just have to find facts that support their belief, as each ‘fact’ gets uncovered and shows other than what they stand for, they move on to the next twisted fact. Yet the bottom line is, regardless of the scientific evidence the end result must always be that the medical community is wrong and that they are right.
This is the opposite of being open-minded, this is fraudulent and dishonest. completely inappropriate to be advising people and scare them into their belief.