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Mothers used to die from doctors not washing their hands. The lack of a price signal didn't mean it wasn't a problem, it meant none of the doctors understood ho
by erik_seaberg 8y ago
Mothers used to die from doctors not washing their hands. The lack of a price signal didn't mean it wasn't a problem, it meant none of the doctors understood how to solve the problem (and neither did the patients).
- GW150914 8y agoJust to add, when Lister introduced antiseptic methods he was met with strong resistance from those same doctors who were equal parts annoyed with the messenger, and the message. It’s a hard thing to realize that you’d be killing thousands of people in your ignorance after all. It took quite a long time for his methods to be widely accepted and put into practice. Even when understanding emerges, you have to watch out for the entrenched interests defending themselves against change.