"Impending doom" huh? As a pessimist, I must've been having a record-breaking 30+ year-long heart attack... Seriously, on the topic of wrongful callouts, a few days ago I rang NHS Direct to check for some basic info on an OTC antihistamine that I've used before - won't bore with the details, anyway suffice to say that throughout the initial screening call, and throughout the (quick and informative) chat with the nurse practitioner, I was asked if I had difficulty breathing NINE TIMES - yes, I noted them down, with you in mind! I suspected then, and still do, that had I ONCE said yes, I'd have had a big yellow taxi round my place before you can say "over-reaction"...? I'm not experienced in their field enough to know whether that's right or wrong, that they repeat the question so often, but it does make it very easy for someone to maybe think that their MILD difficulty IS worth mentioning, actually, since they're being so persistent: I'm sure there are psych studies somewhere that prove that people will give the answer they perceive their inquisitor wants to hear. My sinuses were inflamed and it felt like my whole nasal cavity was closing down for the day, giving what you could arguably call SOME difficulty breathing - only, hardly blue-light time, more a case for a hot cuppa and some nice posh tissues. Had I not had this a million times before, and had I not thought that it a bad idea to say yes... who knows. Could have been me you posted about: my ill-advised venture into spring cleaning sans mask gets transformed via the wonders of bureaucracy into yet another waste of EVERYBODY'S time. Made me wonder.