As a 92 year old, I seem to have been unable to keep up with the numerous
changes, person views, differentiating between intent and human error in the professions - medical, legal, research areas.
When a question is asked, it is usually not answered by the individual to whom it is addressed but in some abstract manner by someone who appears to quoting the person responsible for the answer.
In the previous fifty or sixty years ago, this was not so because we were just beginning to be able to use the internet and the answer had to come from the person being questioned.
What a change this has made. We are now unable to know how true the
response is because no responsible person is answering the question.
In questions about weather, travel, and other general questions, this is
not a problem. But when the response effects your future, your life, your health, it is of major importance. Unless you are a 'VERIFIER' of important details to be sure they will be correct. being certain it is correct is essen