[FourPeas]

flu-like symptoms, including sore throat, wheezing, coughing, ear infections, and low-grade fevers

Those don't sound like flu symptoms to me. They sound like head cold symptoms.

I'm on day 8 of these very same symptoms (and I'm ready for them to leave). It's been going around here although for some inexplicable reason I seem to have gotten worse case of it than anyone we know. It's a butt kicker.

[RedWhiteBlue]

In my two run-ins with the flu, I found it to be similar to a head cold, but *extremely* more severe in the fever and aches department.

SYMPTOMS OF INFLUENZA:

fever - up to 104 degrees C
headache
muscle aches and stiffness
nasal discharge
cough
shortness of breath
chills
fatigue
malaise
sweating
loss of appetite
stuffy, congested nose
sore throat