[Freebird Forever]

Did a search and couldn't find this posted yet.

[per loin]

"It said that a communicable disease was aboard the train, and it was also affecting airlines, buses, and other places where people congregate," she said.

Seen anything on these other cases?

[Mitchell]

Wasn't Norwalk virus the "mystery virus" that was afflicting British troops in Afghanistan?

I also wondee if there's any connection with the grounding of people with foreign pilot's licenses (was there a warning of some sort?).

[Mitchell]

Wasn't Norwalk virus the "mystery virus" that was afflicting British troops in Afghanistan?

I also wondee if there's any connection with the grounding of people with foreign pilot's licenses (was there a warning of some sort?).

[Semper911]

The symptoms include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, muscle aches, headaches, fatigue and fevers.

Is there a Taco Bell in the train station? That stuff will hurt you.

[vetvetdoug]

The Norwalk Agent is similar to the virus that causes Parvovirus enteritis in dogs and Panleukopenia in cats. This virus mutates about every 20 years into another species. This Norwalk agent has broken out on passenger liners before with the same effects and even some mortality. The virus is a 32nm Icosahedral single stranded DNA virus that is a real easy virus to transmit from one individual to another. When the virus first mutated from cats into dogs in 1978, we could not grow the virus in the lab until someone hit upon the idea of growing the virus in cat origin cells. That was the first clue that the virus was a mutant from the cat virus, Panleukopenia. At first there were three distinct variants of the virus from that mutation but now there are only two left. This is what is going on with the human virus also, this virus mutates from time to time with variable pathogenicity. I remember that the Norwalk agent broke loose in a children's ward in Connecticut in the late 1960's and several children died. The hospital was quarantined for some time. If it is your time, its just your time it seems.

[American in Israel]

There is no time to incubate a virus on a train ride. Somehow enough virus was released in one train to affect many passengers. Modern trains have good ventlation, so the only thing I can think of is a deliberate release. This virus is caught by injestion not inhalation. It also is a mutating virus, perfect for germ warfare experiments.

Police do not have to wear face masks to clean up spills, the men wiping down the touching surfaces therefore were not the police but the terrorists.

Not to worry, move on folks, pay no attention to the men in black..