Norovirus in a wilderness setting

[GJM]

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-...ic-crest-trail

[Doc_Glock]

Good article. I was unaware filters didn’t get viruses so it is a good idea to double treat water.

[GJM]

Besides a wilderness setting, the article suggest obvious risks at shooting competitions, and other venues with porta-potties, where there isn't running water and soap.

[Borderland]

I see another run on hand sanitizer. I keep a small bottle in my vehicle and use it after I exit any public facility. So does my wife.

I don't fly anymore because of the filtered air that gets recirculated in aircraft cabins. That and all of the surface contact with door handles and everything else people touch.

[41magfan]

There's a NORO outbreak amongst thru-hikers on the Appalachian Trail every year. Poor hygiene coupled with a culture of close contact and sharing food is the recipe that makes it a predictable phenomenon each hiking season.

[WDR]

I see another run on hand sanitizer. I keep a small bottle in my vehicle and use it after I exit any public facility. So does my wife.

I don't fly anymore because of the filtered air that gets recirculated in aircraft cabins. That and all of the surface contact with door handles and everything else people touch.

Didn't read the article? Sanitizer often doesn't work for noro... Soap and water does though. I agree about planes, or anywhere else there are a lot of people. I had to attend a conference recently, and I didn't like it much, because: people.

People are gross. Staying clean in the woods is... difficult. Being sick in the backcountry sucks, BTDT.

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Good article. I was unaware filters didn’t get viruses so it is a good idea to double treat water.

There are a few that do, such as the MSR Guardian and MiniWorks EX.

Norovirus is a pretty common issue on the Appalachian Trail, not so much on the PCT and CDT, but obviously still a thing as we see here.

[Borderland]

Didn't read the article? Sanitizer often doesn't work for noro... Soap and water does though. I agree about planes, or anywhere else there are a lot of people. I had to attend a conference recently, and I didn't like it much, because: people.

People are gross. Staying clean in the woods is... difficult. Being sick in the backcountry sucks, BTDT.

Me too. I think it was the freeze dried food which was being tested on back country hikers at the time. Some real gut bombs in the early days. I was a lab rat.

[WDR]

Me too. I think it was the freeze dried food which was being tested on back country hikers at the time. Some real gut bombs in the early days. I was a lab rat.

I had a bad experience with Mountain House Chili Mac in the middle of the desert, but I don't think it was a test. I think I just picked up a bug before the trip. Nothing like being alone, in January, in the snow, sicker than a dog, 3 hours drive from home.

Oddly enough, I still really like Chili Mac!

[cheby]

Besides a wilderness setting, the article suggest obvious risks at shooting competitions, and other venues with porta-potties, where there isn't running water and soap.

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