Scandals have eroded US public's confidence in drug industry

Generally honest and trustworthy?
I believe that it has become obvious to large sectors of the communities
in 'civilised society' that one can no longer trust very many people and
institutions.
I remember when I would have trusted members of the clergy without
hesitation, but a family member was betrayed by a church minister.
We all know about used car salesmen, we have added the legal profession to
our Caution List and doctors have, along with and through their growing
'affiliation' with Big Pharma, also begun the downward slide.
Is it just the love of money?
Have honour and integrity really flown the coop?
I am sorry to say that the signs and symptoms are becoming ever more
obvious so that the lay person has no trouble diagnosing the illness.
Yes, scandals have helped to establish a progressive erosion of trust but
I get the feeling that we could collectively fall into a big bucket of
whitewash again.
For, if we just look at the problem as one that is, after all, caused by
'a few bad apples' only, we could then pick ourselves up, brush off the
outward signs of whitewash and go on acting as if nothing had happened.

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