Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment @mountainjewel!
It is the same here as well. For years. I think people just have stopped questioning the patching problem. Turned the blind eye. But I want to believe human creativity is not dead yet and there are so many creative ways of solving the same problem, all it takes is little bit of willingness and waking up.
I recently had back issues. Doctor offered me the patch too - pain medicine. What caused the pain? If I did not question the patch would have been the solution. Short term anyway. Cheers to true healing! ^^