The Flu #325 By Hank Silverberg After hearing some reports last week that the flu season across the country was getting a bit nasty, I pitched a local angle of that story to my editors at the new non- profit newspaper, The Fredericksburg Advance , where I am now reporting part time. What were the number of cases in my region and how bad were they? And what can you do to prevent it? It would be a good story, and maybe prevent someone from getting the illness. I started checking (Flu virus, public domain) preliminary numbers a week ago Friday, but realized it would be better to wait until Monday when a new week's statistics were published. Then came the federal holiday--Presidents Day-- when state workers all had the day off, and I could not get anyone to talk about my region of Virginia in p...