That's pretty crazy. Back in the `80s I listened to the head of the USC Med school on the radio talk about doctors graduating who just barely passed the grade and then said "going to the doctor was the #1 cause of avoidable deaths". I read a few years ago that it's now the #3 cause of avoidable death, but that's still very high.

I'm 63 now and I've only went to a doctor 3 times in the past 40 years. All of those were for lung infections from a "cold" that was going around and I asked for and got a shot of penicillin.

The last time was about 10-12 years ago and I asked for a shot of penicillin and the "Nurse practitioner" that saw me got all snippy with me, told me "You can't come in here and tell us what to prescribe!". That just cracked me up. Everyone I knew at the time who'd got that crud was getting prescribed a "z-pac antibiotic" and it was making them all sick af and I told her that, and that I wouldn't take it.

She ran to the Doctor to tell on me and they told her to give me the penicillin. I was feeling better the next day. Haven't been sick since. I didn't get infected with covid either, but I did mask up and keep a distance and got vaxxed and boosted asap for that.