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People are missing the point. There are multiple comments here that say: Is it normal to wait that long to go to a doctor in the US? and I never understood w
by PhantomGremlin 10y ago
People are missing the point. There are multiple comments here that say:
Is it normal to wait that long to go to a doctor in the US?
and
I never understood why the US didn't have more walk in clinics.
But she did go to the doctor. Directly from the article: When they returned home, she walked in through the back door and said the visit to the doctor was a waste of time.
The doctor just said it was the flu and to "let it run its course."
There are two big issues: 1) it's hard do diagnose exactly how serious any particular case of the flu is, and 2) she wasn't vaccinated
Of course, as the article mentions, vaccination isn't a sure thing. That's why herd immunity is so important. That's why anti-vaccination nutcase celebrities are so dangerous.
- fratty12345 10y agoherd immunity is a double edged sword though, having people immune to a specific disease does make you less likely to catch it. but because of herd immunity, you never encountered the disease, thus when you do get it, usually later in life, its usually more dangerous for you to have the disease, as symptoms tend to be more severe,possibly deadly. to give an example, MUMPS,RUBELLA, ditpheria, measles, are much more dangerous than when there was little to no vaccinations to it, adults are the highest risk of death from it, while children usually have mild symptoms. Chickenpox is one of those disease you get as a kid, and possible shingles later in life, but with vaccination, now adults are getting its severe and can be deadly, and shingles is becoming more common in young people.