I humbly ask that you please reread my comment. I didn't say anything about not trusting doctors. Nor did I say anything about vilifying them. I certainly didn'

I humbly ask that you please reread my comment. I didn't say anything about not trusting doctors. Nor did I say anything about vilifying them. I certainly didn't mean to be offensive. In fact, I am very much aware that there's a real chance at some point in my life I will be in a situation where a doctor will save my life. I said if you have insurance, you can easily walk into most doctors' office with the sniffles (my poor choice of words for an illness with symptoms, but most likely not needing antibiotics) and walk out with a script for an antibiotic. Perhaps my sample set is very abnormal, but I see this constantly among my friends and colleagues. When they get a cold, they go to the doctor after a few days and leave with a prescription. When I've asked folks about it, it seems mostly out of habit. You feel bad, you go to the doctor. I find it odd, because if I ever get really sick and need antibiotics to keep me alive, I want them to be maximally effective.