Growing up with a mom who was a non-working registered nurse, every time I or my siblings came down with symptoms like fever, nausea, vomiting, etc she almost never took us to the doctor. Instead it was rest and liquids, maybe an aspirin. I would always plead with her that we needed to seek professional medical advice. Now as an adult I realize that she knew too well the limitations of that advice when it comes to most minor maladies people suffer.

And yet today I still see friends and colleagues go to the Dr or call the "teledoc" when they have these symptoms. They usually get an antibiotic (which has its own issues) or told they simply need to rest.