I mentioned on another thread that I think I had it late January. This is in hindsight.
The shortest version of events:
My BIL came home from South Korea mid-January. His daughter/my niece came to visit, and she was sick the whole time. Fever, dry cough, throwing up. Her mom/my sister fell ill shortly after her. They tested negative for flu, but were diagnosed with walking pneumonia.
I was ill January 24-30. I thought it was the flu. Texts between me and my friends, coworkers, and mom indicate that I had respiratory distress (I described it as not being able to catch my breath, my lungs burning as if overexerted after a long run, and "suffocating with my mouth wide open.") I had a high fever and dry cough that couldn't be soothed. Body aches that I compared to "my actual skin hurting" and "like I have bruises all over" Also absolutely zero appetite (I lost 6-7 pounds) and at one point I slept about 27 hours straight. I did not go to the doctor, so I don't know if I also had walking pneumonia.
Another symptom that I haven't seen anyone talk about that I definitely had - loss and distortion of hearing. Actual tones were distorted (I could tell by listening to music I was familiar with, and it all sounded "wrong") and I could hear very little. It lasted at least a month, and I thought that maybe it had been permanently damaged by the fever. (It did eventually return.)
Not sure if anyone saw or mentioned it, but they tested an old negative flu test in France and found that someone had it back in December. I would be curious if they could do that for my sister and niece's flu tests.