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    "The disease is spread when virus particles excreted from an infected person get to the gut of another person. This can happen through poor hygiene after using the toilet; however it can also occur when the virus is inhaled by anyone coming into contact with the infected person. The disease is spread easily, particularly in "closed" communities like nursing homes, schools, hospitals, hotels or even cruise ships."

    Taken from http://www.nwlh.nhs.uk/patients-visi....cfm?id=48&typ e=A&parent=20

    So can it be inhaled, since I have been under the belief it cannot. This adds a new dimension of fear to the equation.

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    You are missing one important factor that shoots holes in that theory.

    It would have to be airborne for you to inhale it.

    It only comes out of an infected person through 'poo and spew' to put it politely. Not though breathing, sneezing, caughing or any other way.

    The only way you would INHALE norovirus particles was if someone was V*ing RIGHT NEXT TO you and they were doing it SO VOILENTLY they were creating a fine mist or spray. And I know most emets will leave before it gets to that point - at the first sign of someone getting sick.

    You really don't need to worry about this. It can happen but the conditions to make it happen are very very easy to avoid!

    Respectfully,
    David

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    I thought as much, it seems there is dissension among various websites with regards to the facts about the N Virus.


    Thanks for clearing that up for me anyway!

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    You're welcome! Anything to ease your mind.

    I had a helicopter ride next to a noro victim who was shivering with chills and in distress the whole time. I was in contact with him (touching at the shoulder) for most of the 2 hour flight and did not get sick. It was a small helicopter and we were packed in like sardines in a can!

    I would recommend AGAINST researching norovorus online. You might want to read Sage's article on noro, but I would once again recommend against general research because your mind will take this info and use it to further your phobia and cause you emotional harm.

    David

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    Thanks for that clarification David - you're absolutely correct. It's a bit of a misnomer to say "inhaled" because you can't actually get it in any way except SWALLOWING it. So what they probably mean is...yes, if someone vomits right next to you and it sprays toward you and you more or less "snort" it up through your nose, or sniff it in - it would go down your throat that way. The thing is, though, there's no reason to be overly alarmed. You'd have to have a heck of a lot of viral particles sniffed up through your nose to swallow them and get them down your throat in order to get infected. Yes, it's possible. Likely? No, not likely.
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    Hi, I agree that the chances of getting it unless someone was sick right next to you are low, but there are documented cases of it infecting people in enclosed spaces where someone was ill a few feet away. I have found this piece of info from a californian article on dealing with noro in care facilities, on the web that says this:

    Since norovirus can be aerosolized or suspended in air for an hour or more,
    should rooms be left empty for a time after contamination with norovirus?
    Although studies of FCV (and presumably norovirus) show that infectious particles may
    remain in air for at least 120 minutes after aerosolization, transmission of “airborne”
    norovirus probably occurs through swallowing of large aerosolized droplets rather than
    inhalation of small droplet nuclei. These large particles may travel farther than 6 feet
    with forceful vomiting, but are not known to circulate in the air.
    However, observations of transmission to concert goers and to carpet layers from
    environments known to have been contaminated with vomit many hours previously,
    suggest that dust from dried vomit is infective and highlights the need for reliable
    environmental decontamination of soft furnishings. If thorough cleaning and disinfection
    is done, we see no need to leave rooms empty after cleaning and disinfection or to
    repeat terminal cleaning. It may also be prudent to postpone dustproducing
    activities such as buffing the floor for the duration of the outbreak. Vacuum cleaners should be equipped with high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters.

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