If you drop your sarcastic veneer for a sec, I think in context what the GP said is entirely reasonable. The panic and uproar around covid-19, while justified

If you drop your sarcastic veneer for a sec, I think in context what the GP said is entirely reasonable. The panic and uproar around covid-19, while justified to an extent, will lead to a lot of otherwise-healthy, anxiety-ridden people to report to the hospital. As a shitty anecdote, I remember in university getting really sick, where I was sick for 3-5 weeks straight and ny lungs felt scorched (using that word metaphorically, basically they hurt like a bitch). I didn’t go to the doctor because I never would go to the doctor for anything short of a dislocated shoulder, and there was definitely a period of several days where I had the same thought everyone has: “will I ever get better?”. I did get better. I know it’s a shitty anecdote, but the point I want to get across is some “normal” colds/strep/whatever that was can be really crippling, but because people aren’t trained to freak out the way they are with this one, a good portion of people will correctly stay home.