Norovirus Could Turn the RNC into a Sea of Diarrhea and Vomit

[applegrove]

Norovirus Could Turn the RNC into a Sea of Diarrhea and Vomit

http://www.vice.com/read/republican-national-convention-norovirus-outbreak-quarantine-vgtrn?utm_source=vicetwitterus

by Vice Staff

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Convoluted excuses about Melania Trump's plagiarism weren't the only thing making the rounds at the Republican National Convention Tuesday—apparently, a group of staffers from California was also passing around a nasty strain of norovirus, STAT reports.

California's delegation chairman, Jim Brulte, told Buzzfeed News that at least 12 members of the staff who have shown symptoms of the virus have now been quarantined. Brulte confirmed that patient zero was one staffer who came to the convention sick, then most likely passed it to her husband, who is also a staffer on the trip.

The virus—which causes unfortunate bouts of diarrhea, vomiting, and stomach pain—is extremely contagious and can be spread by getting too close to someone who's infected, touching contaminated surfaces, as well as what STAT calls the "fecal-oral route." Luckily for the staffers, it passes through your system pretty quickly and usually decimates your insides for just a few days at most.

In an effort to keep the virus from ripping through the convention of roughly 50,000 people from all over the country, the staffers will be locked up until they've gone 24 hours without symptoms. In the meantime, everybody at the RNC should probably be wary of the ketchup and mustard stations.


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[C_U_L8R]

1. They don't need no stinking' virus.

The content alone will do the trick.

[Timefortruth]

2. That won't change it much

But I wouldn't wish Norovirus even on a Republican delegate.

[TheBlackAdder]

14. That will be a change, shit will then be flowing out of their anus.

[Ilsa]

3. They'll blame it on immigrants.

Every time a virus breaks out in one of our schools, locals blame it on Texans who go visit family in Mexico. Nevermind they have no proof or facts.

[Squinch]

4. Well, Norovirus could, or any Trump speaking, or Christie, or Chachi, or .....

[SeattleVet]

5. They say that like it would be a bad thing...

instead of the norm for that group.

[still_one]

6. The Convention is already a Sea of Diarrhea and Vomit

[MFM008]

7. I've had it

Couldn't happen to a nicer group....it lasted 2 weeks. It was terrible. ... with luck someone will smear crap in the Trump box....

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

8. I would love to see them all shit and vomit simultaneously

Like we all have while watching their racist drivel

[Schema Thing]

9. A bit late to the party, aren't you, Norovirus?

[bullwinkle428]

10. And people wonder why Trump flew back to NYC at Mach 2!

[Logical]

11. Not funny really, two pregnant women sent to hospital. Nt

[NYC Liberal]

12. Let's hope Jean Schmidt is not there,

or she might have another accident: http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2007/03/15/11136/a-bad-day-for-jean-schmidt/

[vanlassie]

13. No way there's 50,000 people there.

[glennward]

15. It already is that. nt

[NBachers]

16. Guess that would eclipse the Fart Protest, wouldn't it?

[VOX]

17. Who would notice?

The place needs a good flushing anyway.

[Rex]

18. .

[SeattleVet]

19. I guess that this is what they meant today...

when they kept referring to the tRump campaign as 'a movement'.

[flamingdem]

20. k n r

[SeattleVet]

21. This photo was in today's (online) paper...

looks like Pence may have contracted it.