Covid/corona and the flu are still out there, still very much out there.I don't feel not well. The cough is just annoying and my wife talks nonsense about it being my cold- yeah a cough that occurs mainly just before sleep and some days on other times. That doesn't fit a sickness at all. I don't want to forced to stand outside the doctors because their medicine is controlled by city hall.
It's not you, nothing against you personally. (of course you're one of the the good/rational people , who can diagnose themselves...) If you have any of the symptoms common to either the flu or corona, it's simply good medical practice to be cautious--to take precautions that are both simple and effective.
Medicine is not controlled by city hall. (some of the purse strings, perhaps, but not what doctors may do or decide)
Oh, and to make sure, you've gotten both your latest covid vaccination, and flu shot?