Bad, but not as wide spread as regular flu. Not nearly the fatality rate as SARS or MERS.
The mortality rate different should get your attention. And around here, number of cases is doubling every 2 days or so. Ugly.
True.
It might be good to mention that getting the flu is a passive activity.
--Opioid overdoses BEGIN with ingesting an ILLEGAL substance. It's as active an activity as getting the flu is passive.
--One has to SEEK OUT a drug dealer and s/he is performing an illegal act.
--One has to TRUST that the dealer is selling a pure product. There are NASTY, vicious drug dealers who, on occasion, sell tainted opioids.
--One has to HOPE that the dealer isn't a narc.
--One has to be secretive about using since it is so illegal. It's not like double parking downtown. That's illegal but it is more MEAN than anything else.