Quote Originally Posted by christineb View Post
Also - norovirus is contagious both before and after someone is sick with it (although if they don't have symptoms they are less contagious).
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Actually (and thankfully) Norovirus ISN'T contagious until the person BEGINS TO SHOW SYMPTOMS. So, if someone is at your home and then begins to feel sick after leaving, you were in no danger while with them.

And as far as the 1 out of 5 scenario, remember that ONLY 8% of people contract Noro in a given year. That's ALL people. Only a SMALL % of restaurant workers fall ill in a given year, if you consider that only about 1-2% of those sick actually work as food handlers (most likely even less than 1%, but let's say it's 2% of people just because). Only 1 in 5 of THOSE people would be POSSIBLY contagious and even with that scenario 99.999999% of them are wearing gloves.

Good for you for not researching. It's senseless.