The flu has hit my area so hard that so many kids are sick at my school that they've closed. Other local schools are doing the same- not enough kids. My siblings have a light version- cough, flushed face etc. Yet my English teacher had it so bad she claimed she lost 7 lbs in four days. I live around Philly, has the flu hit other areas of the nation as hard as it has hit here? I'm so worried, we have out big musical to put on in two weeks but rehersals have been sketchy because half the cast is out sick!