Going to the ER isn't being hospitalized. And if you show up to the ER they don't send you to a hospital bed, they don't have hospital beds to give out like ca

Going to the ER isn't being hospitalized. And if you show up to the ER they don't send you to a hospital bed, they don't have hospital beds to give out like candy these days. Even if you have a suspected heart attack (based on cardiac enzymes in your blood not just clutching at your chest acting like you're in a stage play) then you're still going to be waiting hours for a bed to open up. Someone with the sniffles isn't ever getting close to a bed.