Some countries require a doctor’s certificate for people off work with flu—and, while at the doctor, why not ask for a prescription?

在一些国家，人们非工作时间得流感需要医生的证明。 然而既然已经到医生处看病了，为什么不也开个处方？

Some prescription drugs that were judged to perform "better than placebo" in clinical trials don't work unless you know you're taking them.

如果你不知道自己正在服药，那么就连一些被判定为临床试验效果“比安慰剂还要好”的处方药也不会起作用。

The man collected his prescription and went home to wait for his wife to get in from work.

男子拿走了处方回家等妻子工作回来。