@FairManor :
I can assure you it was a bad cold you had not influenza..
My daughter was on holiday it hit her immediately, a dry cough, high fever and had to go to hospital on intravenous fluid.. the doc said a temp of 102 and above is usually the flu.
My friends son died he was a navy seal got the flu ,was in hospital and had a massive heart attack from the medication the antiobiotic Zpak and something else.... I won't have Zpak anymore I had bad effects from it... I always ask for the old drugs never anything new... you can try the new ones out for me lol!