It is not so much the shedding issue as much as it is they are assuming you are going to devour them, @JBRam2002. Have people not looked at themselves? I do not eat junk food.
And yes, I am one of those who avoid hospitals not because of any distrust of medicine, something I am somewhat trained in, but because there are ill people there and the atmosphere is exceedingly unsettling.
I also don't like going to hospitals and avoid it whenever possible. Or really any place that is "clinical" in nature, with the stark white walls and prison-like structures... Although I'm sure some actual clinics are fairly comfortable.