Monday, December 15, 2008

Needless Norovirus Frenzy

Evidently our British friends, across the pond, are dealing with a norovirus outbreak, though one could be led to believe, based on the headline of the Daily Express; KILLER VIRUS GRIPS BRITAIN; that hordes of the Brits are dying.  Where’s that good ol’ stiff upper British lip?

Granted, contracting the norovirus is not a pleasant matter.  I’ve been hammered, and I mean absolutely hammered, by the norovirus myself, and it was not an enjoyable thirty-six (36) hour experience.  And a stiff upper lip is difficult to maintain while you’re alternately puking your guts out or hurriedly dropping your drawers so as not to soil yourself, or a dealing with a combination of both at the same time.

So, in the spirit of friendship, and to calm one Geoff Martin, of some British agency called “Health Emergency,” who is plaintively crying out,

“If the Secretary of State for Health does not do something about this, there could be a complete meltdown and a full-blown crisis.

“It would be the worst I have seen in five or six years.”

I provide a link to the CDC’s page on the norovirus, because the Brit’s Secretary of State for Health will not be able to do a damn thing about the norovirus spreading except to mumble a few words, wash his hands, and steer clear of those who may be infected.

If any of you Brits are currently infected with the norovirus, you have my sympathies, but chin up, in 36 to 48 hours you’ll be feeling right as rain.

Posted by John Venlet on 12/15 at 02:05 PM
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