> doc: Yeah, there's something going around. > me: So I just have "something". > doc: Yeah. Back in the bad old days in 2019 this was the normal diagnosis you'

> doc: Yeah, there's something going around. > me: So I just have "something". > doc: Yeah. Back in the bad old days in 2019 this was the normal diagnosis you'd get for almost any respiratory virus. They'd tell you "it's viral and there really isn't much you can do besides rest it out". What changed is we now have cheap "accurate" tests for exactly one specific flavor of virus that people are encouraged to take any time they get even an incredibly minor illness (or sometimes even no symptoms at all!) Makes me wonder what would happen if you went to a doctors office and they'd test you for every single virus known to man. Lord knows the things you'd probably test positive for. People would never leave the house again!