Possible Enterovirus Epidemic (2019 edition)

[tango42]

Hearing in the news there is an epidemic happening or brewing.

Can be passed as easily as shaking hands or touching objects or surfaces that have the virus on them, then touching your eyes, nose, or mouth before washing your hands.

Symptoms & Signs — Enterovirus Foundation

enterovirus infection season starting this week

Enteroviruses can be found in an infected person’s feces (stool), eyes, nose, and mouth secretions (such as saliva, nasal mucus, or sputum), or blister fluid. You can get exposed to the virus by— having close contact, such as touching or shaking hands, with an infected person, touching objects or surfaces that have the virus on them, then touching your eyes, nose, or mouth before washing your hands, changing diapers of an infected person, then touching your eyes, nose, or mouth before was…

[IbisWtf]

I actually have an alarming number of friends whose kids caught that.

[DKaoshuing]

@IbisWtf

I actually have an alarming number of friends whose kids caught that.

Looks like this year will be better with less shaking hands and more washing hands. Hope habits keep up as it prevents many other things beside the Wuhan virus.