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Re:Does Employment-Based Insurance Make US Medical Care Unfa... by mywittyname on Monday May 13, 2019 @04:20PM (#19903526)
> Or would an experienced nurse be able to figure out the difference between bacterial and viral?

Pfft. Doctors will give out antibiotics to treat viral infections just to shut people up. E.g. somebody goes to the doctor for the flu and demands antibiotics.

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Re:Does Employment-Based Insurance Make US Medical Care Unfa... by shados on Monday May 13, 2019 @04:57PM (#19903892)
I read somewhere once that showed that doctors generally can't tell one from the other, either. Im not a medical professional and I have no idea how easy or hard it is to tell, but they can't.
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