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buried_lede t1_janm72p wrote

Reply to Beware of Norovirus! (stomach bug) by cpujockey

I had that once. It’s way more violent than the flu. It totally knocked me down. At one point I was scared I should get taken to the ER, that I was about to lose consciousness - just pass out. I couldn’t get up, walk, crawl, anything. That was the peak of it, then it subsided. Whew. You should definitely take this person’s advice. Don’t spread it.

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JHo3369 t1_janf9os wrote

Reply to Beware of Norovirus! (stomach bug) by cpujockey

I can tell you first hand, this is the WORST stomach bug variant I've ever had. It's been two weeks since it first "hit" and it has come and gone ever since. No vomiting, no fever but severe stomach cramps/pain and insane diarrhea. Not sure if a trip to the doctor or urgent care is worth it as everything I'm reading says there's nothing they can prescribe and I just have to let it run its course...

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suffragette_citizen t1_jane857 wrote

Reply to comment by Commercial_Case_7475 in Beware of Norovirus! (stomach bug) by cpujockey

>I wonder if isolating for so long has dulled people's immune response to these relatively common viruses?

I think this is definitely a factor in households with small children -- a lot of kids going into daycare, preschool, and kindergarten this last fall have had so little exposure to other people.

So you have environments that are already known to be a massive vectors for communicable disease, and a bunch of little people who've never been exposed to common illnesses. Combine that with parents who may have also been heavily isolated for the last few years?

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Real-Pierre-Delecto2 t1_jandfox wrote

Reply to comment by realmadrid111 in Why do Vermonters do The Line™️ rather than passing? by Ulimaatissaq

This deserves way more votes! Time and time again I see this they whip out and forget that now one side of their cars tires are on a snow patch and whoops there they go sideways. Or they have 2 tires on the rumble strip (Rt.2 I'm looking at you) break traction and endup in the guardrail or worse. I just toot the horn and continue on with the familiar friendly one finger wave:)

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HomeOnTheMountain_ t1_janbsp6 wrote

Reply to Beware of Norovirus! (stomach bug) by cpujockey

I'd argue you get your selves straight to a hospital for a fluid IV. It rocked our household as well and we had 2 emergency room visits back-to-back. It spreads through the air, so if someone in your house has it, mask up, glove up, and bleach EVERYTHING. Bomb the literal shit out of the bathroom. Anywhere they're rocketing out fluids.

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The good news is that the virus spreads so fast that it can't maintain it self and craters out, but god help ye for the 2-3 days its fuckin your shit up.

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