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Flu season takes its time getting here

Do the sniffles, a headache, aches all over and being tired have you down? Don’t worry, it’s not the flu. Yet.

While some schools in northern Wisconsin had to shut their doors this week because of 20 percent absenteeism due to the flu, strep throat and even several cases of scarlet fever, the state’s flu guru told The Capital Times Friday that Wisconsin won’t reach “fever” pitch for a couple of weeks.

(Craig Roberts of University Health Services is also quoted in this story.)