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80 at Nevada volleyball tournament report mystery illness
Reno Gazette Journal ^
| 4/20/2003 07:20 pm
| Associated Press
Posted on 04/21/2003 1:19:41 PM PDT by Howeln
Edited on 05/07/2004 7:36:12 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Health officials are investigating a mystery illness that affected dozens of players, coaches and parents at a girls'regional volleyball tournament.
Eighty tournament participants staying at the Reno Hilton reported flu-like symptoms Sunday, said Bob Sack, director of environmental health at the Washoe County District Health Department.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: illness; sars; volleyball
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To: Howeln
Nah, not SARS. This is gastrointestinal. Dollars to donuts, everyone who got sick ate at the hotel buffet. I've seen it happen at every trade show I've attended in Vegas, and it's always the buffet...usually at breakfast.
They'll be OK in a day or two.
To: Howeln
Well the one commonality in Singapore I think was an apartment or hotel or something like that...I hope this ain't it all the same.
To: Howeln
No way is this SARS. It is a gastro-intestinal illness - sometimes called in the food services industry "ass to mouth disease." Some food worker, probably working salads or other "raw" foods, passed along e. coli, salmonella, or some other bug.
To: Howeln
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04/21/2003 3:57:59 PM PDT
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jiggyboy
To: Howeln
Welcome to your third day at FR.
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04/21/2003 5:02:23 PM PDT
by
MonroeDNA
(Communists & Socialists: They only survive through lies.)
To: myprecious
"Norwalk virus would be my first guess."
We have a winner! (According to recent reports.)
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04/22/2003 2:00:13 PM PDT
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Atlas Sneezed
("Democracy, whiskey! And sexy!")
To: Howeln
With a faver that high, it is most likely a gram-negative bacterial infection from something they ate or drank
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04/22/2003 2:05:59 PM PDT
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realpatriot71
(legalize freedom!)
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