All I can say For work we send people to the hospital a lot and in mid January .. our local hospital was packed with people having the “flu”. I caught it and was very sick for two weeks with a bad cough. All my co workers got sick and the people in our care got sick too.. coincidence I guess but if it’s as contagious as everyone says it is.. it’s been in this country since at least December.
Had the same exact symptoms..