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CDC: New norovirus bug sweeping nation

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    Centers for Disease Control issues warning

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The flowed -- come out the flu over the past a couple of weeks and -- of this season's operate wasn't bad enough come -- of this.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warning now there's a new -- sweeping the nation.

After some money saving so does that get the flu and I'm gonna guess it was something else what does this little thing.

But a new one isn't called nor -- virus and -- virus that affects activities the second most common bug that we have in this country.

Nobody knows about this because everyone talks about common cold and flu.

It affects over 21 million Americans and -- going to die from this so it's a serious it's a real GI virus that's what it does.

And it causes nausea vomiting diarrhea and has Jamie says a lot of -- -- craps.

So this abdominal cramp -- GI comes from this virus they called this actually if -- -- area of the virus.

It's almost you get it it's very easy to get it very difficult to prevent getting it.

And it's basically surrounds -- surfaces so by touching it but by not washing your hands after bathroom.

It comes through -- -- caller or also if you are in restaurants and they're not taking good high edges.

Places like cruises planes.

Being innovative very -- popular places that a lot of people are in contact.

You can pass this along.

Now what's important is washing your hands is very very critical on to -- sanitize -- -- One war CA really have to bleached area how will not does not markets -- resistant bug it's very contagious.

I need mutates very quickly -- year -- year.

This symptoms are very easy to recognize because you usually get it within 24 hours after.

And it lasts about a week so mostly younger people and Harold are the only danger because dehydration is a big part of that.

Sort of -- -- single I mean that -- San advertisers don't -- you think they always do you go wrong places and got that little device and sport on it.

What do you do just wash your hands all the time how to prevent this this is a wildly infectious -- This thing compared to the -- we should we talk a lot of the food compared to the -- it takes twenty particles of -- virus to get to -- 1000.

Particles floating get -- certain.

It lives on surface is much longer than the flu does -- can live there for weeks.

As David just said hands senate charges don't work as it doesn't have that fat envelope around it the way flu -- -- the alcohol base advertisers don't work.

Bleach works I mean literally if you took those Clorox wipes and you wipe down surfaces.

That helps if your sick with a normal virus and people out there need to know the difference if your vomiting if you have diarrhea.

If you get dehydrated and -- -- -- great fear that's not the flu that's the normal virus most likely it's -- virus.

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If you really have to stay hydrated that's the main thing it'll go away on its own and one to three days you have to stay hydrated if you're very young or very old.

That's -- really get at risk if you get dehydrated but the best way to do it if yes did it prevent it is to wash your hands the best series and it's used to wash your hands.

-- Clorox wipe the services and to stay away from people don't go handling food.

If you're not feeling.

Eric knows that for a similar move over Justin.

An executive involved you know you sing happy birthday when you watch -- you know yeah that.

I want to ask one quick question when you when you touch things and you can pick up this fires I think doctors you said that even if you touch RI you can pick up his Jersey New York.

I it's no question about it any mucous membrane can go into to the body of 60% of stomach viruses are on the hands.

It starts on the -- how he gets into the mouth and then you've you've got to -- within twelve hours you can get -- -- doctor -- tried to save sing happy birthday.

To you when you wash anyways yes I'm saying have -- down and then -- that doesn't but I I want to get to this -- topic because a.

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