[metmom]

I hear there’s two kinds of flu going around in NYS. One is the classic flu, the other is a stomach bug.

Lots of people have been sick with colds, also.

[heartwood]

We’ve done the stomach bug and the flu too. One kid managed to deal with the flu in two days, I’m still coughing two weeks later, and my son has been running a fever for a week now. And I had the flu shot. Bleah. Here’s hoping dh and the older two don’t come down with it.

[neverdem]

Besides Tamiflu, there's Relenza, another drug that you need to take before 48 hours of symptoms. That's inhaled so you need healthy lungs, i.e. no asthma, COPD, etc. Black elderberry extract costs $11 per ounce at a local health food store. IIRC, sauer kraut and kim chi have been reported to help with the flu.