Normal Flu Update: Influenza is on the rise in the East and MidWest, but on the wane in the West. This bears out what I've been experiencing. I've had a handful of flu cases in the past two weeks - about one or two a day. It's a mild season by flu standards, though. As predicted, this flu season is late and light. Not predicted by good by any measure - there's plenty of Tamiflu to go around.