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>>I think you're right on both those points, but I really do believe that there is such a thing as stomach flu. I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that the flu virus generally presents either in the respiratory system or in the intestines and I'm assuming the intestinal variety is what we call stomach flu.
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>Mine went.....extreme fatigue, high fever, chills....then hit the stomach, then respiratory....and for a few days just felt like hell. It was only when I was able to sleep straight through the night that I started getting better.

Doesn't sound like food poisoning to me. Personally, I think you had the plague.