First-person account from a woman who believes she and many other people were infected at a party. She was confirmed positive via the Seattle Flu Study, the other victims were not.
40% of folks were all sick within 3 days of attending the party all with the same/similar symptoms including fever.
Most of my friends who got it were in their late 40s to early 50s. I’m in my mid 30s. For us it was headache, fever (for first 3 days consistently and then on and off after 3 days), severe body aches and joint pain, and severe fatigue. I had a fever that spiked the first night to 103 degrees and eventually came down to 100 and then low grade 99.5. Some folks had diarrhea. I felt nauseous one day. Once the fever is gone some were left with nasal congestion, sore throat. Only a very few of us had a mild itchy cough. Very few had chest tightness or other respiratory symptoms. Total duration of illness was 10-16 days.
First-person account from a woman who believes she and many other people were infected at a party. She was confirmed positive via the Seattle Flu Study, the other victims were not.