The Hunt for the Norovirus

The Hunt for the Norovirus

This virus is the source of an estimated 20 million, at a minimum, cases of gastroenteritis each year in the US. More than 70,000 hospital admissions and even 800 plus fatalities. They are robust microbes that survive for long periods, invisibly, on the surfaces of everyday objects. While the chances of catching the norovirus from a reusable bag is very slight be aware that a 2010 study did find huge numbers of pathogenic bacteria in and on reusable grocery bags. Most notably twelve percent of them were found to harbor e-coli.

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