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flu

[floo] / flu /














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It isn’t airborne like Covid or the flu, and you can’t get Ebola simply from being near a person with it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

They come on suddenly and start like the flu, with fever, headache and tiredness.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

There have been nine such declarations, including the Ebola outbreak in 2013, the COVID-19 pandemic and the swine flu pandemic in 2009.

From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026

It requires close contact of less than one meter for 30 minutes, he said, adding that hantavirus is "much less transmissible" than Covid-19 or the flu.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

“My cousin got the stomach flu last week. That can come on real sudden.”

From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine




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