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> you don't usually visit a hospital for seasonal flu

there's numerous posts in previous discussions saying that in China people do, because they don't typically have a GP and so go to the hospital for any acute ailment.

Plenty of people visit hospitals for seasonal flu, fyi. They shouldn't, but they do.

I think lab workers researching viruses are some of the less likely to do so, unless they're in a really bad state. If they were in a very bad state, it's less likely that it was the seasonal flu.

In China, people do. In Pakistan, they would get an injection, even if it wasn’t effective.

Medical practices and norms vary widely depending on the culture you live in.