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Originally Posted by ThaVirus
I thought influenza was a virus?
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Well, that's were we're tripped up in this conversation.
If it's a viral flu, like rhinovirus, then yes, it's a virus. It's a stomach flu or a "bug", it's bacterial.
The issue at hand is that people commonly refer to the "flu" as something other than influenza. The stomach flu isn't an influenza, yet people call it a flu, just as people refer to a "24 hour bug" as the flu.
The Chiefs beat reporter said he has "the flu", which could mean any of the above.
Hopefully, it's just a 24 hour thing.