Mine had this in November. Temperature, awful cough, didn't eat for a week, never seen her so poorly. Makes me wonder if it was around earlier, several schools here had over 60 pupils ill with 'flu'.Why is it ridiculous? Pretty sure my daughter had it, she was taken to hospital from gp surgery on 23rd Dec, gp thought she needed to be tested for sepsis, in the end they said she had the flu. She had exact symptoms of this virus the cough was horrendous and non stop. We were kept awake for 3 or 4 nights with the coughing and she lost sense of taste. No cold/runny nose. Temperature of 40+. She had no energy at all and looked so ill. No way was it flu.