[ardy42]

> I was pretty sick in late February, and ended up in the urgent care at my local Kaiser. It was packed at the time too. Seemed like everyone was sick with the flu.

The 2019-2020 seasonal flu has also been relatively bad compared to many other years.

https://time.com/5758953/flu-season-2019-2020/: 2019-2020 Flu Season on Track to Be Especially Severe, New CDC Data Suggests (Jan 4th).