How awesome is norovirus?

[rmd]

Even more awesome than that. Just in time for Arisia and January in general (apparently, January is PEAK NOROVIRUS TIME), Carl Zimmer writes about Noro in NatGeo.

Comments

[bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com]

My favorite comment:

"I guess it comes as no surprise that as a sufferer of agoraphobia, I have never had this illness."

What an appalling, yet fascinating thing. Makes me want to wash my hands and wear a surgical mask.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

It makes me want to mail hand sanitizer to all my friends!

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

Hand Sanitizers May Actually Cause Outbreaks Of Norovirus
from http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/232708.php

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

... welp. Thanks for stopping me from playing into the villain's hands!