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The trauma follows you.
I left the US years ago and people still look at me like I'm insane when I catch a cold and I don't go to the doctor.
I drove 40 minutes to the hospital once after an injury, and people thought I was insane for not calling an ambulance.
I've never lived in the US.
Going to the doctor for the common cold is insane. Why waste doctors' time on something that'll pass on its own with a bit of rest and paracetamol? Utterly selfish.
Driving to a hospital if you're not badly injured is also perfectly normal. Once again, why would you call an ambulance that could be helping someone in dire need, if you don't need to?
Unless the injury is life threatening, drive yourself or have someone drive you. Not insane at all.
Even non-life-threatening injuries can impair your driving and cause worse on the way to the hospital.
Just call an ambulance and explain the injury, they can evaluate if and how much you should be prioritised over others/ not.
Mandatory sick notes in my country, hate it.
That's why I said you could have someone drive you.
And mandatory sick notes are stupid.
Plenty of places you don't need a sick note for a day off.