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Overdoses aren’t contagious. We are not really afraid of the current levels of COVID, we are afraid of the potential spread of COVID that can happen so rapidly
by wodenokoto 5y ago
Overdoses aren’t contagious.
We are not really afraid of the current levels of COVID, we are afraid of the potential spread of COVID that can happen so rapidly that hospitals and other critical infrastructure will have to close because everybody is sick.
It’s not even the mortality rate of COVID that has caused a global lockdown.
- TheOtherHobbes 5y agoPolitical and social conditions that contribute to overdoses and other forms of suicide are contagious - socially and politically. But they require political and social solutions, and vaccines can't provide those.
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 5y ago>Overdoses aren’t contagious. But they do tend to cluster. Many people overdose because their supply is unusually strong, or they're clean and use what they would've taken at their previous tolerance. Knowing this we can expect more overdoses to happen in black markets, and the recently released (from rehab, prison, hospital, etc).