Take care of yourself. Do the normal things for a flu. Lots of fluids, and acetaminophen (paracetamol) to reduce fever.
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Someone on Blind suggested that it already swept through NYC. Everyone he knows including himself felt mildly to severely crappy for a few days between Feb. 20 and Mar. 10.
Sounds wild, but let’s game it out. I had my ass kicked by a severe flu thing from (checks notes) Feb 19 to 21. I already WFH and barely go out, so the wife (who didn’t get sick) must have brought it back from her classroom.
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I’m not a doctor but that’s definitely within the range of normal
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Aaaaand, now I’m hearing that those who’ve had it can become infected again. 
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Long Beach Unified is shutting it down for five weeks. Wow.
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Maybe. Maybe they’re confused. Maybe they had something else.
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I am, and you are correct. Anywhere from 97 to 100.4 deg F is considered normal.
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Where can I get me some of that Blimd? All I have is Scotch, and drinking it makes me less optimistic, not more.
Maybe.
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I know 98.6° F is an example of, what’s it called, over-precision?
Body temp was estimated to be 37° C and then converted to 98.6 as if all the digits were significant
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Don’t buy that yet. Best of our knowledge there haven’t been repeat offenders yet, and most viral infections result in some degree of immunity due to these wonderful things called memory B cells. While not a guarantee, and not always life long, it is a pretty ingenious if Rube Goldbergian system.
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Yeah, thanks. “Maybe” means my money is still in my hands.
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One of my housemates was brutally sick for much of January
but it’s hard to believe a deadly disease swept through the country months ago and nobody noticed
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80% of cases involve mild symptoms. Some are asymptomatic. As well, our response to detection and prevention has been abysmal. One wonders!
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in this case “mild” means “not requiring hospitalization” 
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