The Boring New Thread

Sundae · 02-22-2012, 02:13 PM

Gotcha.

Nope, my quarantine is [was] pretty real - this vomiting bug is doing the rounds and I already live with two people considered vulnerable. I've been super careful about hand washing, separate towels, plates and cups etc, but mostly just staying away from them.

My nephew also had to come round until midday because of a serious crash on the road to his school, no traffic could get through. He lucked out, because he hadn't finished his science homework, so he did it here. He had the bug over the weekend.

Tiger went to the Drs today about his persistant cough and then threw up all over himself in the waiting room. So he's off until next week anyway. But that can only be a coincidence, as I was out of the classroom laminating when the kids came in on Monday and I didn't start puking until 09.45.

Still, what's more boring than hearing about someone else's illness, so it fits the thread

I'll tell you my dreas next... Oh, I already do.

sexobon · 02-22-2012, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae

... I already live with two people considered vulnerable. I've been super careful about hand washing, separate towels, plates and cups etc, but mostly just staying away from them.

My nephew also had to come round until midday ... He had the bug over the weekend.

Tiger went to the Drs today about his persistant cough and then threw up all over himself in the waiting room. ... But that can only be a coincidence, as I was out of the classroom laminating when the kids came in on Monday and I didn't start puking until 09.45

Once someone has contracted the bug they can be contagious for days before the onset of symptoms. You may have been previously exposed to someone who was asymptomatic at the time. Nothing you can do about that for others; because, you won't immediately know you've contracted it. It's another reason why annual vaccination against dominant strains is important to vulnerable categories of people.

glatt · 02-22-2012, 03:05 PM

People infected with the Norovirus can still be contagious for a week or more after the symptoms are gone and they feel perfectly fine.

02-22-2012, 02:13 PM	#1
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Gotcha. Nope, my quarantine is [was] pretty real - this vomiting bug is doing the rounds and I already live with two people considered vulnerable. I've been super careful about hand washing, separate towels, plates and cups etc, but mostly just staying away from them. My nephew also had to come round until midday because of a serious crash on the road to his school, no traffic could get through. He lucked out, because he hadn't finished his science homework, so he did it here. He had the bug over the weekend. Tiger went to the Drs today about his persistant cough and then threw up all over himself in the waiting room. So he's off until next week anyway. But that can only be a coincidence, as I was out of the classroom laminating when the kids came in on Monday and I didn't start puking until 09.45. Still, what's more boring than hearing about someone else's illness, so it fits the thread I'll tell you my dreas next... Oh, I already do.

02-22-2012, 03:05 PM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	People infected with the Norovirus can still be contagious for a week or more after the symptoms are gone and they feel perfectly fine.

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