[Polybius]

Thanks. I'm not a lay reader. I know what iatrogenic means.

But other readers in this forum are lay readers.

My point is that the author has sensetionalized "sepsis" in such a way that the lay reader is left to fear sepsis as an infectious disease that can be "caught".

"Let's go visit Aunt Martha at the hospital."

"Are you crazy? The doctor says she has sepsis. We might catch it!"

[nuconvert]

I don't think it's sensationalized. But a story has to get people's attention in order to be read.
I think most people know someone who has recovered from or died after developing sepsis.