I think this belief is how you end up with people who think you need some cocktail of OTC drugs every time you get a cold. A child gets a run of the mill cold,

I think this belief is how you end up with people who think you need some cocktail of OTC drugs every time you get a cold. A child gets a run of the mill cold, parents give them all the OTC things, kid gets better and assumes it must have been because of the drugs. In reality, they didn't need any of it.