Saturday, January 05, 2008

Officials Throw Up Hands As Barf Bug Blight Broadens

Things are getting serious in Britain.
100 wards shut as vomiting bug spreads

"More than 100 hospital wards were closed to new patients as vomiting bug cases intensified yesterday.
It is feared 200,000 people a week could be hit by the norovirus epidemic which causes chronic sickness and diarrhoea
."

added - This "vomit bug" epidemic is spreading fast and may be much worse than is being reported.

Cruise ship returns to port

Vomiting bug hits Irish hospitals

Scottish vomiting bug cases to rise as holidays end

Media Blackout Ordered As UK Begins Mass Burials

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

This sounds an awful lot like the oubreak of gastroenteritis that the cruise-ships suffered in 02.

Outbreaks of Gastroenteritis Associated with Noroviruses on Cruise Ships

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5149a2.htm

8/1/08 4:14 AM  
Blogger nolocontendere said...

Yes, it sure does. But it's so widespread and virulent that I'm suspecting it may be something else that's being covered up.

8/1/08 5:12 AM  

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