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Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto.

We all get ’em. We all hate ’em. Colds, coughs, sinus infections – stuff that adds up to the generalized malady of “the crud.” Now, the flu is different. It’s nothing to mess around with, especially ...