This is another one of my stupid analogies … For the last two days.. it rained.. probably less than ONE INCH… in the Louisville, KY metro area. Tail gating at football games went on as usual, a planned music festival didn’t miss a beat, a annual arts festival went on as planned.
But those people along the east coast.. where it rained for a couple of days because of a CAT 4 hurricane out in the Atlantic. Dumping up to 24 inches of rain on some areas.. and some experienced tropical force winds 39-74 MPH.
Governor of SC has declared a state of emergency. Amazing how the difference in the number of rain drops or inches of rain can make the bureaucracy respond. Especially when it is perceived that its a large number of its citizenry is being VISIBLY adversely impacted.
Here is the analogy… we have a large portion of the citizenry affected by chronic pain.. a estimated 106 million.. but the impact on their lives is largely INVISIBLE !
When there are FEW people signing untold number of petitions to change various things that impact those in the chronic pain community…
When FEW pts who have been denied care by healthcare professionals file complaints with the appropriate licensing boards….
When FEW pts adversely affected by all of these rules & the war on drugs… contact their Federal Representatives in Congress….
It is like the few drops of rain that fell on the area over the last couple of days… business goes on as usual for the bureaucracy…. because they don’t see/perceive that a large number of the citizenry is being adversely affected.
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