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12. lols

Reply to benld74 (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 31, 2013, 06:16 PM

Dec 2013

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New virus more contagious, spreads more quickly than most [View all] KansDem Dec 2013 OP

Ugh. Time to lay in a stock of Gatorade, I guess Warpy Dec 2013 #1

That's the thing, when you're sick, the lemon-lime gatorade tastes like the nectar of the gods. AtheistCrusader Dec 2013 #5

Glad to know that. dchill Dec 2013 #7

I'm the same way with white grape juice Scootaloo Dec 2013 #16

Australia - That's not a virus. This is a VIRUS! benld74 Dec 2013 #2

lols d_b Dec 2013 #12

One of the best scenes ever! CrispyQ Jan 2014 #33

Does anyone know if this years flu shot covers the GIL 4 Sydney virus? nt okaawhatever Dec 2013 #3

No vaccine for norovirus naturallyselected Dec 2013 #6

So, you're saying rectal catheters, and 50 gallon hefty-bags for everyone? AtheistCrusader Dec 2013 #10

I guess the party is at your place waddirum Jan 2014 #28

thank you for that info. I think I'm confusing this report with the report of a flu strain in TX okaawhatever Dec 2013 #24

It's not a flu Marrah_G Dec 2013 #13

Nope, norovirus is something else entirely from influenzavirus Scootaloo Dec 2013 #17

You are especially correct about that last part, KansDem! Shandris Dec 2013 #4

And even if you could pipi_k Dec 2013 #9

Didn't a certain Stephen King novel start off this way? Brigid Dec 2013 #8

And most novels about the Zombocalypse. Rozlee Dec 2013 #15

Naw, Captain Tripps was coughing, not shitting Scootaloo Dec 2013 #19

"it takes fewer particles of this virus to make you very sick" Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #11

Viruses do have particles Marrah_G Dec 2013 #14

here 840high Dec 2013 #20

Viruses ARE particles Scootaloo Dec 2013 #21

A virus is made up of particles, but it's not a particle. Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #22

Viruses are particles MNBrewer Dec 2013 #23

We need a virus SCVDem Dec 2013 #18

I don't know if that's what I had in October, but I was never so sick in my life. catbyte Dec 2013 #25

That sounds like food poisoning. I had it pnwest Jan 2014 #30

Could be. Did you run a fever? That's why I thought virus. catbyte Jan 2014 #31

I don't remember if I had a fever, it was pnwest Jan 2014 #32

Friend of mine was just in the hospital for a couple of days The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2013 #26

This is the 2nd time I've had norovirus gwheezie Jan 2014 #27

i highly recommend the book-'the coming plague'. pansypoo53219 Jan 2014 #29

Why should I pay fer mah neighbors' contagion. johnnyreb Jan 2014 #34