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Subject: Re: Norwalk Virus question Posted on: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:46:25 -0400

On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:30:27 -0700, Ray Goldenberg
wrote:


>Transmission among cruise ship passengers is almost wholly
>person-to-person. Cruise ship water supplies, food, and drink have
>never been implicated. Norovirus can be caught anywhere so I would
>not hesitate to go on a cruise. It is required to be reported when it
>reaches a significant % on cruise ships so it draws media attention.

I think many people get it on land and never report it and may not
even know it. When they are on a ship and they know many people have
the same symptoms, it's more obvious.