Since I've had 120% flu symptoms (cough, runny nose, basically everything) for 1.5 months, I naturally decided to call a doctor (maybe it's that long-awaited long COVID that the communists have been dreaming of), but I couldn't reach the free one, so I decided to call a paid one. Good idea? Sure, but without blood tests, the doctor for the monthly salary of a Russian would be more useless than ChatGPT and would probably prescribe me paracetamol and a popular antibiotic. Fine, how about we do a home blood test? Can we? Of course, but you have flu symptoms, and the nurse doesn't visit sick patients.

Should I clarify what would have happened if I were a corrupt official? With the first call, they would have taken me to a private elite room in a special medical center where they would pretend to treat me with taxpayers' money.