I’m sure glad they are not blowing this out of proportion like the bird flu, or whatever the last “potential” epidemic was called.
We’re seeing quite a bit of flu in our community (SE PA). There were 4 or 5 cases in the school district before the end of the school year, and I’m hearing about more families affected. At our swim meet yesterday, the coach told me she had 3 or 4 no-shows due to 104 fevers and twice that number previously signed out (I don’t know reasons for the latter). We’re definitely getting hit, but people I’ve spoken to who had it in the family said it’s a typical flu in terms of severity. No picnic and lingering cough, but not terrifying either. Another mom related that her doctor said about 90% of the flu currently popping up is swine flu, which isn’t surprising this time of year. It’s not normally flu season.