Reply #20: norovirus and rotavirus can be deadly [View All]

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not to cause a panic, but the key to them is getting treatment immediately. Yes, rehydration is the key, but if you have a bad case and wait even a few hours that can be too long. I know, it happened to me a few years ago. I was fine one minute, cramping up the next, passed out cold the next. I happened to be in a hospital when it happened, so was immediately taken to the e.r. and went through a few bags of i.v. fluids. It was terrifying, I kept passing out (plus other unsavory details I'll leave out) I was convinced I was going to die. The doctors finally diagnosed me with either Norwalk or Rotovirus. Incidentally, rotovirus is one of the top pathogens feared in biological weapons.

As I keep saying - what precautions should we be taking now as a country that we are not? THIS is what I have feared more than the hurricane all along. The aftermath. Seriously, folks, what should we be doing to get these people the help they need? And to keep it from spreading?

Dispersing these people all over the country seems like ahorrible idea in hindsight.