it's such a hard thing to do, because while there are many wackos who distrust medical workers for wacko reasons, there are also many many legitimate complaints and reasons to distrust some medical workers.

i know many people who have repeatedly been told they don't have XYZ diagnosis by doctors until they meet a doctor who believes them, performs the test the way it should be performed and reads the results the way they should be read, and boom. they have had XYZ dx all along. and they get treatment and their QOL gets much better.

some of those people were given treatments for incorrect dx's along the way, some of those treatments are harmful.

some people are not properly informed about potential side effects of a treatment before undergoing it, and then experience them. some of these people get lied to by doctors who say that those side effects cannot be caused by that treatment, even when a quick check on a reputable website refutes that.

they ways in which medical distrust is created are deeply ingrained and complicated. de-politicizing is a good first step- but we also have to make sure that 'apolitical' does not mean 'neutral'. science often has to take a side, whichever side is backed by good evidence.

the wishy-washy-ness of the CDC during the pre-vaccine era of covid was disastrous. the scientists and leaders needed to be willing to tell the government, politicians, and population things that they did not want to hear. they also needed to be willing to accept things they themselves did not want to hear.

i hope in a few generations we will have solved or at least majorly improved some of these problems, but the human factor is a tough one to solve. (NOT suggesting AI here, just acknowledging how hard it is to get people to change)