Please consider staying home instead - it doesn’t really matter whether you’ve got the flu, COVID, RSV, or any of the dozens of viruses that cause colds.

All of them are contagious (so you’re just exposing more people by sitting in a waiting room) and none of them need anything more than home care of rest, fluids, and OTC medications while you ride it out.

Edit: I say this because the local clinics, urgent cares, and ERs are being crushed. If you’re a reasonably healthy adult (or the parent of an otherwise healthy child), the best thing you can do for yourself and everyone else is to stay home.