I am not sure about an epidemic, but I will say myself and Kurt are the only people in our immediate families and close friends that have NOT had some sort of flu type infection the past few months. Starting around Thanksgiving til the middle of January. For everyone that got it the thing tended to linger for about 3 weeks. The first week was the worst and the last two were just lingering remnants.
Being that I was exposed my docs gave me tamiflu - I will also add that I think this virus was one that WAS included in the flu shot because Kurt and I were the only ones in our group of people that got the flu shot this past year - and thus the only ones to NOT get sick.
Take Care,
Lindsey