Unfortunately, just sitting far enough away from someone who might have Norovirus
isn't sufficient to stave off getting infected with it. This is not only because it's
highly contagious but also because of
- How Norovirus spreads: Not just directly through
fecal-oral transmission but also from eating and drinking contaminated
food and water, handling contaminated surfaces and objects (fomites)
followed by hand-to-mouth contact, and via ingestion of aerosolized
particles (1), a Norovirus property unique among GI tract pathogens (2).
- For example, samples from mantels and light fittings 1.5 meters above the ground during a hotel outbreak in England were positive for Norovirus (3), suggesting source to be aerosolized particles released from vomit.
- How long Norovirus can stay infectious in the environment (4).
These two factors help explain why it can spread so fast in places
where people spend time in close proximity to one another, such as on
cruise ships, hospitals and nursing homes.
Some of Reddit’s white supremacist communities have been hijacked by
pranksters and turned into forums that discuss laundry, swatches, and
Swiss coffee. The Daily Beast reports that subreddits such as
/r/WhitePolitics and /r/Whites have been co-opted and transformed into
humorous pages where people can discuss all manners of color-related
issues — as long as they have nothing to do with racism. “The new topic
is the color white and the politics behind it!” the subreddit’s pinned
[…]
