Probably die, not just retire.

History suggests yes. Then we have to deal with their students, who won't be quite as bad (not all of them, anyway) and their students. It's a generational process, and I'm not sure what fraction have to be converted before we hit the tipping point and have physicians follow the science just once.

I may have suggested this before but could we crowd-fund to offer them early retirement? Perhaps we could also crowd fund for updated medical text books? How about scholarships for med students who wear and promote continuous respirator use?

The last one is probably the best. Traditional, and highly motivating for the younger generation. The first requires older academics to retire, which they don't if they can at all help it, not just b/c of money. The second takes on the academic publishing industry, which is a violent gorilla. So #3!