If you've ever spent a day crawling back and forth between your bed and the bathroom – secretly wishing you were dead just so that the vomiting and diarrhea would stop - chances are, you suffered from norovirus.
Under a microscope, the virus looks a bit like a fuzzy ball, perhaps something that could hang from a Christmas tree. It loves summer camps, cruise ships, hospitals, college dorms – anywhere where lots of people are sharing bathrooms and other spaces. And when it strikes in close quarters, it can spread quickly, sickening dozens, or even hundreds, of people.
New York City real estate agent Sienam Lulla has some terrible memories involving this virus.
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