I think one goes to the ER for routine URTI when you are one of those that sticks our health care system for the bill. The ER can't turn away patients and those that siphon off of the system know this. We aren't practicing good Darwinism by these actions.
I am coming down with something and I fear its the flu. Like a good trooper, I got my flu vaccination back in October. I feel like dirt.
I'm sorry you feel like dirt, vet. Maybe the flu shot did not cover this one. The air has been so dry here in AZ and the wind kicked up a lot of stuff from the soil.
I didn't go to the hospital, but the exhaustion from no sleep was the reason I was going to go, plus to get rehydrated. But Pedialyte did that for me. Just guzzled the stuff.