New York Post- Violent, diarrhea-inducing stomach bug spreads in Northeast: ‘Incredibly contagious’
Once infected, the patient can experience a host of alarming symptoms ranging from violent diarrhea to stomach pain and vomiting, which can cause significant fluid loss and eventual dehydration. These complications begin within 12 to 48 hours after exposure and can persist for three days.
A norovirus is particularly insidious because of how easily it spreads from person to person. It only takes a few particles to make someone sick while the infectees often remain contagious for weeks after their symptoms improve.
Is there nothing we can do?
Fortunately, people can mitigate the spread of the norovirus by rinsing fruits and vegetables and thoroughly cooking shellfish and, of course, washing one’s hands, per the CDC.
Unfortunately, unlike the coronavirus and some other bugs, the norovirus has a resistance to hand sanitizer.
“Purel and the alcohol-based stuff doesn’t get through the envelope of the virus, and it’s still contagious on your hands,” declared Sacchetti.
“Soap and water is the only thing that’ll really protect you from this.”
It’s hopeless then.
If you smell my fart, your infected.
We all must run and hide in terror.
Good. I could lose a little weight.
My girlfriend and I got something similar once.
Thankfully our symptoms didn’t overlap.
We only had one bathroom at the time.
Oh great. The article mentions “Camden” and “Cherry Hill” – both right down the street from me. I will post minute-by-minute detailed updates here at SDA should I be infected!
We will certainly look forward to that.
Makes me wonder if excessive use of disinfectants that first year of pandemic could be the cause.
Ah, nothing Swedish Bitters can’t handle.
Bäska Droppar
Hope they’re working on a vaccine and boosters available once a month.
Ummmm…they are describing botulism. Don’t eat street food. Problems solved.
Strange that its the north east. Couldn’t be an influx of the peoples could it?
Nah, they bring better party favors than food poisoning. Tuberculosis, Leprosy, plague, and polio to name a few. That’s not an embellishment btw.
Had plenty if excellent street food in India, never had a problem. Often safer than restaurant food (at least you can see the street food being cooked in front of you – who knows what’s going on in the kitchen).
Nausea,
Heartburn,
Indegestion,
Upset stomach,
Diarrhea!
I hear Joostaihn has it bad. He caught it during the Convoy and it’s been flaring up ever since. He’s being supported by a Sikh heeler who administers suppositories and plugs him up, but that arrangement is only temporary.
I’m not a fan of hospitals. My general rule is I’m not going there unless I’ve collapsed, a bone is broken/dislocated or my eyeballs are bleeding. Picking up a traveler’s bug is not uncommon. Take Imodium, drink water, eat toast and you’ll be good in a day or so.
But, one time we were travelling in the US and I got really ill. My usual cures didn’t work and the pain was a notch below child birth. When I finally went to emergency I had dangerously low potassium levels. I ended up hooked up to an IV for a few days in a run down hospital. Worst vacation ever. California is forever dead to me. (Thank goodness for excellent travel health insurance). The doctors never did identify the cause, which I found odd.
“Soap and water is the only thing that’ll really protect you from this.”
Great another racist disease that disproportionally affects certain ethnic minorities.
P.S. Wonder how long this comment will last?
Lock it down!!! And butt plugs are now mandatory in all public spaces. #3days forever
Spew violent diarrhea in the general direction.
A violent spew is worth a thousand words.
violent diarrhea , so you may turn into a politician or libtard news reporter ???
The bright side (there’s always a bright side) is that there’s now a use for that massive stockpile of unused paper masks.
Well, I’m in Southern Ontario and it’s here. I’ve had it twice in two weeks and my daughter and wife have as well. Doesn’t last long but bad cramping/discomfort in the gut. Bad vomiting and bad diarrhea. I mean bad. Wiped me out for 4 days. The smell of the diarrhea made me vomit it was so bad.
Ah yes. Eating at Mac Donald’s.
I’ve eaten at McDonald’s for upwards almost five decades and have never once been sick from their food. Better than the pseudo healthy bowls of crap from Freshii and other such outlets.
BTW, most ecoli outbreaks have been caused by tainted vegetables. Try to keep up.
Thank you, Chrissy Hynde
In the middle of the road you see the darndest things
Like fat guys driving ’round in jeeps through the city
Wearing big diamond rings and silk suits
Past corrugated tin shacks full up with kids
And man, I don’t mean a Hampstead nursery
But when you own a big chunk of the bloody Third World
The babies just come with the scenery
Define “soap”.
I suppose all those illegals coming into NYC have brought a strain of gut bacteria that the locals aren’t used to. It should subside once everyone gets it a few times and passes it around. Herd immunity is a wonderful thing.
These mass migrations should really amp up some diseases around the world. Sort of like Europeans coming to the New World and spreading previously unknown diseases to the natives.
Cue the gut bacteria anthem:
https://youtu.be/bbbpk9HN_As?si=QUEVcSU5EMcZRfCF
Oh CRAP! There’s going to be another run on toilet paper!
Well, it is also out west too. I caught it from my unchosen roommates in a Vancouver hospital, which does not offer any private rooms any more, even if you can pay.
Called my relative for pick-up and asked the dr. to prepare discharge papers.
And when he says “discharge papers”, he is talking serious discharge…