Answer: Everyone’s got the flu.

Well, except Miss Anne-Laure of course, who has a superior immune system, and the remote Wambo’ers, who were safe far away from the 530 Lakeside.

So yeah, the flu hit Arnaud, Guillaume and I. On our way to coffee this AM, after a long long night for Arnaud/Guillaume, I told them that I wasn’t able to sleep till 5AM or so, then sweating in my bed like a horse. “Me too”, said Arnaud. “Same here”, said Guillaume.

My doctor taught me something — as you grow older, flu symptoms tend to be less dramatic (no big increase in body temperature, no sore throat problems like for younger children). I was sort of surprised, but checking the wikipedia soon thereafter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza), it did seem to confirm that elderly people don’t respond to flu as strongly, therefore sometimes ending up with pneumonia.

"Influenza, commonly known as flu, is an infectious disease of birds and mammals caused by a RNA virus of the family Orthomyxoviridae (the influenza viruses). In humans, common symptoms of influenza infection are fever, sore throat, muscle pains, severe headache, coughing, and weakness and fatigue.[1] In more serious cases, influenza causes pneumonia, which can be fatal, particularly in young children and the elderly."

As far as Arnaud, Guillaume and I are concerned (we’re still in our very early 30’s…), I guess we’ll just drink lots of water and take Vitamin C.