It's backed up by the statistics, and if you go do some searches for "emergency room unnecesary" and the like, you'll find plenty of articles on the subject.

It's backed up by the statistics, and if you go do some searches for "emergency room unnecesary" and the like, you'll find plenty of articles on the subject. Number of visits: 145.6 million Number of injury-related visits: 42.2 million Number of visits per 100 persons: 45.8 Number of emergency department visits resulting in hospital admission: 12.6 million Number of emergency department visits resulting in admission to critical care unit: 2.2 million [0] "71% of ED Visits Unnecessary, Avoidable" [1] If you're not familiar with Americans going to ERs "just to be safe" for the most frivolous reasons, because their insurance will pay for it, we're not living in the same country. With that sort of attitude being prevalent, it's easy to see how someone would go directly to the ER and spread something like this without giving it any thought. [0] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/emergency-department.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/emergency-department.htm [1] https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/patient-flow/study-71-of-ed-visits-unnecessary-avoidable.html https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/patient-flow/study-71-...