People are crazy running out and getting tested every time they get the sniffles.
Yes. Yes they are. It's very annoying.
It's as if the test is some kind of initiation rite, and a positive test is a successful completion of the initiation and acceptance into a "tribe". If I'm correct about this being the subconscious interpretation in the Sleepers, then that is some very POWERFUL programming right there. That idea is plugging into very ancient archetypes and rituals--no wonder it's hard for people to shake off.