I agree sanitation options could be a real critical concern, which supports having lots of cleaning products, garbage bags, inordinate amount of toilet paper etc.
Reading about 1917-1918, many many people were also very sick but still survived... however, it would appear you may need to have the ability to create a sick room in your house to seperate the "not feeling well sick" from the "hoping they aren't sick.". Different bathrooms to use.etc.
I think another component would be 24 hour "Influenza Strikes" coverage, which would run the gamut from usefull generic advice to monday morning QB advice about what families should have been done, and ultimately political blame .
This would get fatiguing real quick. Also, public safety and "Don't worsen the situation" warnings might mean the standard "score keeping" -IE graphics for the odemeter of death, might force the MSM to skew the actual severity and impact peoples response to the situation.