It’s not quite winter, but seasonal illness has already made an appearance in Bulloch County. Waiting rooms are filled with people suffering from chills and fever, aches and pains, and other flulike symptoms.According to the Southeast Health District website (www.sehdph.org), several strains of flu have been identified in the 16-county district, which includes Bulloch, Candler, Screven and surrounding counties.Dr. Allan Scott, an emergency room physician with East Georgia Regional Medical Center, said patients are steadily coming in with flulike symptoms, hoping to ease their suffering, but often, simply staying home and treating the symptoms would be a better option.The flu viruses — mainly influenza A and influenza B — are keeping doctors “really hopping these days,” he said. “It is that time of year.