. . .more virulent. . .and more widespread than the cases reported indicate, perhaps.
Have a friend who flies from Europe regularly. . .after arriving home on last trip four weeks ago; she became very ill, with many of the described symptoms. . .high fever, hoarseness (lost her voice)extreme headache, neck pain etc. Her son then became ill. . .both were close to going to hospital, but she insisted trying 'other means' of treatment.
She received medicinals from Germany etc by way of a Doctor who includes 'alternative health therapies'. . .they both recovered after a week or so from extreme symtoms. Her neighbor came down with same and did go to the hospital and was there for a couple of weeks hovering between life and death but did recover. . .
She described this as an 'extreme flu'; also mentioned that the CDC had been apprised and my friend offered, though I do not know if correctly and hence my earlier question. . . that the molecular combination or somesuch. . . was not a naturally occuring combination of viruses. . .
Also, know of a teenager who became ill, thought she had the flu. . .fever, headache. . .sore throat etc. Waited 24 hours; her fever spiked and she died before ambulance arrived. . .final determination of illness has yet been made; the topic of 'mystery illness' came up while talking about this and apparently they are still investigating the possibilities. . .
So I am guessing that this may possibly be 'out there' more than we are considering, in the general population; but then again, maybe not. . .
OK MA, time to take care of those dishes!