My “just a cough” illness turned into a full-fledged flu-like disease, complete with fever, chills and both chest and nasal congestion. It seems like the flu to me, but as I received a flu shot this year it has to be just a cold, right? But how can I tell the difference? If I could look at the virus under an electron microscope, could I tell? Could anyone?
If the flu and the common cold are so similar, why is it possible to vaccinate against the flu but not against the cold?
And why does the flu make me talk like Andy Rooney?