People are right to be concerned. Being whipped into obsessional panic isn’t a good thing.
People should be concerned enough to *actually* do the stuff recommended for the flu. That includes getting the flu shot, so you’re less likely to end up in the hospital, and if you do you’ve already started the process of distinguishing between causes.
Well, I guess even conservatives can go a bit overboard on these things, but...I think it too shall pass.
Someday...someday, I do believe mankind will be hit again with something we can’t get a handle on, and it will be the Black Plague all over again, I just don’t think this is it IMO.