[21twelve]

My two daughters had the stomach flu (Seattle Area) just before Christmas break - but not too many (or none?) of their classmates did. Hit hard the first 24 hours, rested on the 2nd day and made it 1/2 day of school. But then it hit again but not too strong. Spent the next 3-4 days at home feeling lousy, vomiting rarely, not eating, but not real sick though either.

[Ditter]

That stuff is bad but not actually what I call “the flu”. The flu is upper respiratory influenza and can lead to pneumonia sometimes, especially in older folks like me. I haven't heard of anyone having a stomach virus here or “the flu”. A few colds but nothing worse.