And it does leave the other, more challenging 42% to diagnose, so doctors can spend their time actually using their training. Unfortunately, as they say in med school, “You never want to be an interesting case.”

The essential problem with Googling up illnesses is that you don’t know if you are in the 58% or the 42%. Again, poor sensitivity. My own experience is that the internet increases visits to the doctor, because any time there is a list of diagnoses, there’s a list of possible rule-outs, some of which are fairly frightening. Google might get people to the most likely diagnosis, but then there’s possibility #2,3 and 4…. If something nasty-looking is in second or third place, it is only logical for people to see a doc, because folks don’t know if their Google diagnosis is correct. And, even if it is, many of those people will need treatment.

Unless you can get colchicine on the street, Craig, which I kind of doubt. Not much money in that.