Hey mhartse and andee, it's wonderful to meet you both on here and that you both have some interaction with the deaf . Yes its always soo scary when gastro is going around. I hate it more than anything, the viruses are bad as they're harder to kill in the gut even though a big dose of bacterial ones are dangerous too. I tend to gulp down a big glass of slightly diluted raspberry cordial after I have eaten out somewhere or I feel the food may not have been safe, and with viruses, I take these juices before I go anywhere just incase I have to eat out somewhere. There is something I did learn and want to pass onto you an experience I had for 5 years which was awful! I would regularly wake up ill once a week and it took me years to work out why (and god I dont understand how I missed it!) - toothbrush head up, in a cup on the sink/shelf a metre away from the loo! When you flush the loo, be really careful, close the lid before you flush as the toilet's flush spray travels a long way and there is all sorts of bugs in the loo no matter how much you clean it, there is some bugs in it, and spray of flushing water lands on the toothbrush, and I was sick the next day or a couple days later and when I felt sick like I was going to throw up, I got panic attacks, took myself outside with a glass of raspberry cordial and another glass of cranberry juice in the other hand and drank both and felt better half hour later! Not kidding, I know it was the toilet, so now I hate toilets and always close the lid before I flush, and I feel annoyed or mad at people who don't do the same! (and of course I now keep my toothbrush in a case) As people don't think about the flushing water spraying onto the floor then we walk over that gross invisible particles of germs then sit on our feet later. I try not to touch my feet at all when I sit down and if I do, I wash my hands! I never ever put my hands in my mouth ever and I duck from anyone who is silly enough to attempt to touch my face - yuck! Those are the experiences I have had and learnt from. I'm really glad I'm able to share with you all