Because they’re making medical judgements that can kill me if they’re misinformed. If they withhold Tylenol for a fever because “allergic to Vicodin”, and I die

Because they’re making medical judgements that can kill me if they’re misinformed. If they withhold Tylenol for a fever because “allergic to Vicodin”, and I die from that fever, I will have died because I called it an allergy. It’s bad enough dealing with informed risks without creating uninformed risks too.