[jriemer]

You wrote: "Good thing this isn't as dangerous as something like the epidemic that hit the first part of the 20th century, although this sounds like good hygiene would go a long way towards stopping it."

More people died in the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918-19 than both World Wars. +675k died in the US alone and an estimated 20 to 100 million died world-wide.

jriemer

[Barnacle]

Stomach flu is a misnomer. There is no such thing.

According to Mayo Clinic, flu or, influenza has the following symptoms: Fever and chills, sore throat, cough, muscle aches and pains, fatigue and weakness, and nasal congestion.