College Shut Down For Virus - 100 Students/Staff Reporting Symptoms

[tomm2thumbs]

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Babson College is in Massachusetts

Not a highly dangerous/fatal disease... Cannot tell from the video whether the 'quarantine' is really voluntary as students are taking taxis as a security guard mans the entrance checking those coming and going. Interesting. No need to post on main page, just thought it was newsworthy.

[tomreedtoon]

1. Aren't viruses spreading wider these days?

I think it's that Americans are working longer hours, under greater stress, without the ability to take off sick days or sometimes days off, in closed environments that are often "sick" buildings. At least in third world countries, when you can't work, you just die. Here, you don't die, you just wish you could. I wonder which of us is more fortunate.

[tomm2thumbs]

2. If this is the same as what those big cruise ships have been dealing with, it makes

... me wonder how it hit dry land in such a big way. I hope that cab driver washes his hands before he spreads it to his next fare, and next fare, and so on - oh hell, it's on the money already. &#($&@!!!!! (time to wash all my money)

[ekwhite]

3. Here is a link to Wikipedia on Norovirus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norovirus

[Captain Hilts]

4. I've had it - it is AMAZING. After six hours, you're fit to go to a walk-up colonoscopy clinic.

If such a thing existed.