It is going around. I know several people that had it. I also know many people who have had the flu and others a cold. I really think the cough one is a bacteria that some people seem to be able to fight off on their own, but the other day a doctor friend of mine who had it said he believed it was a virus. I still don’t think so though. However, I don’t know someone who had it who took antibiotics and was better within 72 hours, because no one seems to be prescribing antibiotics for it, so I really don’t know, it’s just my gut feeling. The laryngitis one is different than the cough one though. Are you saying he had both? The laryngitis I think is a virus.
I looked up the US flu map (what you described is not the flu) and the southern US has been hit the hardest. About 50% of the cases are H1N1 from when I looked a couple weeks ago.
I haven’t been sick, knock wood, but I have been even more paranoid than usual. I was in airports with people coughing around me, turnpike stops, places with tons of people who are sick, but are out because they need to go somewhere. And, then there is my gym, this pisses me off so much, because the muscle guy can’t miss one day.
I was at the GYN for a checkup last week and he has a big sign with a green monster on it in the office saying if you are sick please reschedule your appointment in consideration of pregnant patients. I love him for that. I’m not preggers, but I still don’t want to get sick.