Britain In Grip Of Norovirus As Cases Hit 3m

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 1-12-2008 | Rebecca Smith

[JerseyHighlander]

I heard they are making a BBC direct to TV movie about this:
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28 Rolls of TP Later
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(rimshot)

[WildcatClan]

I read that whole article and still don’t know how Global Warming and/or George Bush is to blame. The press is slipping. :)

[robomatik]

i guess mom was right about washing your hands. :)

[Perdogg]

Wear gloves if cleaning up anyone else's vomit

I actually do this as a hobby. I didn't realize it was dangerous. ***eyes roll**

[Grizzled Bear]

I knew a drummer who choked to death on vomit. Actually, the fact of the matter is, well, it was someone else’s vomit.

They never determined whose vomit it was...

[Myrddin]

How nice to provide a prayer rug while worshiping the porcelain goddess.

[robomatik]

[Spktyr]

How does this happen in a civilized country with “the best healthcare system in the world” (or so the lefties would have us believe)?

[NRA2BFree]

I’ve never heard of this virus before. Do you know if it’s ever been in the US? It sounds just like the flu.

[Lizavetta]

Spinal Tap bump.....

We just saw that the other night. Hee-larious!

"This goes to 11."
"It's called, "L*ck My Love P*mp".
"Tap's audience has become more selective."

......and on and on and on.....

[blam]

"I’ve never heard of this virus before. Do you know if it’s ever been in the US? It sounds just like the flu."

Very common...worldwide.

Norovirus

[pops88]

Stories like this make me think of international air travel and cruises. Thankfully, Norovirus doesn’t have a high mortality rate.

[eyedigress]

It’s the one that spreads all over the cruise ships every year.

[matthew fuller]

"How does this happen in a civilized country with “the best healthcare system in the world” (or so the lefties would have us believe)? "

Foot-washing in public water fountains?

[ken21]

i had it.

i thought i was a fire hydrant.

i didn’t know it was possible to puke like that!

i re-hydrated with electrolytes.

[LibertarianLiz]

I’ve never heard of this virus before

The only time I have heard of it is when a few cruise ships were hit with it about a year or so ago. But this article refers to it as the "norovirus season"; so, I have to think they get it quite frequently.

[DBrow]

“I’ve never heard of this virus before. Do you know if it’s ever been in the US?”

Yup, it’s all over USA too.

CDC does not track it unless it’s suspected to be food borne.

It usually hits the USA in the thousands per week in wintertime, but not, as far as I know, in the millions. Sometimes across USA there will be hundreds of thousands of cases, but the UK and EU frequently hit the million or more mark in winter.

It hits summer camps and cruise ships regularly in the US.

Most call it the Stomach Flu (influenza is a respiratory disease, not a gastro), or Acute Gastroenteritis.

It is actually very common in the USA.

[MrLee]

Wife & I had it last February. It’s awful for about 12 hours. Comes on suddenly with no symptoms. Figure we’re immune for a few years now.

[Myrddin]

Norovirus made the rounds through some of the retirement homes and some hotels around West Yellowstone, MT last year. My wife and I visit that town often on the way to Yellowstone National Park, but my wife was too sick to travel at the time it last occurred. Her problem was completely unrelated and all fixed now.