^Great advice.

They're legal (besides bottle rockets) in Oklahoma.

Once again, you can't catch it from saliva.

Ha Ha - booty call. smileys/smilies_04.gif

Don't worry about kissing your significant other (or even your booty call). Noroviruses aren't transmitted via saliva.

No worries, Kaiyla. You can't catch a stomach virus from kissing.

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If you were trying to stop it, I doubt you'd continue to post. Additionally, I don't think it's immature to try to give someone the right information.

And to clear things up, I never called you a...

Back on topic...Kristabelle, this is exactly right. Don't be afraid. Go snuggle with your man. :)

There are lots of people who visit this site. Like I said, I bet you scared someone.

I'm not saying you (or any of us for that matter) should tip-toe around any subject for the sake of not causing fear. We shouldn't tell little, white lies or half-truths to make someone feel better,...

No, saying that she/you/we can catch a stomach virus from saliva is giving misinformation.

"I would rather say something [like above] that may or may not be able to happen and her be cautious...

But it's really not based on fact. You're giving misinformation.

I'm quoting Sage here...
"It cannot be transmitted through saliva. Saliva is made from mucus, related to the lymph system, not the...

Once again I'm not trying to offend, but there's no possible way to know for sure how you caught that stomach virus. Your hypothesis is not based on fact, even though I know that you feel it's true....

That's Sage's site and was written with the help of her son-in-law, a microbiologist.

Virgo's right. You can't catch it from swapping spit. You can catch it from ingesting either infected feces...

Good for you!!!

Although you'd probably hate Oklahoma, we've got a spare room. smileys/smilies_13.gif

I think you should write it to Post Secret. [/QUOTE]

Me too.

"Studies with volunteers given stool filtrates have shown that asymptomatic infection may occur in as many as 30% of infections, although the role of asymptomatic infection in norovirus transmission...

It's possible for someone to be contagious (shedding the virus in their stool) before they start showing symptoms. Although it does sound suspect that everyone was ill within 24 hours of the party, I...

amazingly talented