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Bv JON KLAVERKAMP
Rappahannock New* Staff Writer
In case anyone hasn’t noticed, the flu is making its presence known by dealing out its usual assortment of pains and aches. The result: people everywhere are feeling downright lousy.
The Washington Post reports that a host of viral diseases generally termed “flu” seems to have converged on the D.C. area.
But doctors and public health officials there say the epidemic of genuine influenza that has seized 10 Western states has not yet appeared in Washington, D.C. Note the “yet.”
“The term “flu” has become a wastebasket word, according to Dr. John De Simone, vice chairman of emergency medicine at Greater Southeast Community Hospital in D.C., the Post also reports. “There’s a whole spectrum of viral illnesses out there...and the “Philippine” flu is just one of them.”
Dr. Jerry Martin of the Rappahannock Medical Center reported that he had been seeing anywhere from 5 to 10 people a day with flu symptoms. That number is “much higher” than in previous years for Dr. Martin.
In addition to fevers running from 101 to 103, Dr. Martin noted
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