Japan: 52 Workers at TEPCO Nuclear Plant Infected with Norovirus(really?)

Jiji Press ^ | 12/17/11

[TigerLikesRooster]

52 Workers at TEPCO Nuclear Plant Infected with Norovirus

Tokyo, Dec. 17 (Jiji Press)--A total of 52 workers at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant have been infected with norovirus, the utility said Saturday.

The workers, who are employees of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. <7011> and affiliated companies, were installing storage tanks for sludge accumulated after radioactive water decontamination.

Some of them was hospitalized but most are getting better after receiving treatment. The number of patients may increase further, according to the plant operator, known as TEPCO.

According to TEPCO, the workers reported symptoms such as high fever, diarrhea and vomiting on Thursday on their way from their accommodation to an office of Mitsubishi Heavy in the town of Hirono, Fukushima Prefecture.

The patients totaled 35 as of Thursday and grew to 52 on Friday, when norovirus was detected in some of them. The office was disinfected and an investigation of the infection route was launched.

(2011/12/17-17:07)

[TigerLikesRooster]

Radiation poisoning is said to show the same symptom. Considering TEPCO's track record, we can't rule out the possibility that this is another coverup.

[TigerLikesRooster]

P!

[mewzilla]

If true, that's ironic.

Inactivation of a human norovirus surrogate, human norovirus virus-like particles, and vesicular stomatitis virus by gamma irradiation.

Continuing prayers for the people of Japan.

[null and void]

Radiation mutated norovirus.

Isn't this how a

Starts?....

[Lazamataz]

Norovirus: The OTHER white radiation poisoning.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Interesting.

[A CA Guy]

If you are glowing, it might not be a virus.

[aruanan]

Your body suffers hits of a million times a minute by radiation.

[aruanan]

Japan: 52 Workers at TEPCO Nuclear Plant Infected with Norovirus(really?)

Did they all have lunch at the same sushi place?

[null and void]

Please don’t ruin a perfectly good paranoid fantasy with facts...

[null and void]

Ah yes, I had the lasagna...</Airplane!>

[SunTzuWu]

Everything’s a conspiracy. There’s never a rational or explainable reason for anything. /s

[BfloGuy]

If they really have norovirus, it would seem to be the least of their worries.

[bgill]

Are these the workers they can’t seem to find?

[TigerLikesRooster]

Who knows how many of them have identity which are laundered?

[justa-hairyape]

Before they find the source of the food poisoning, they have to find a food manufacturer or distributor willing to fall on their sword. Figured it would take about 2-3 days.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Well, they can trot out a lunch box company hurriedly assembled by Yakuza behind the scene. Yakuza can always find some poor soul whom they can force into doing anything they say.

[Pollster1]

I know they already made it through an earthquake, tsunami, flood, nuclear accident with meltdown, radiation sickness, and famine, but it’s not yet time to stop praying for them. I hope there is good news coming soon.