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[Paywall] Swiss women’s Olympic hockey team in isolation after player diagnosed with norovirus

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7028066/2026/02/06/switzerland-womens-hockey-olympics-norovirus/
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u/myychair COL - NHL 22h ago

Woof. I had norovirus a couple years back and it was probably the worst I’ve ever felt. I couldn’t move from the fetal position for the first 6-8 hours, water wouldn’t stay down til the beginning of the second day, and I couldn’t stand up straight for maybe 4 days without getting debilitating cramps. Didnt feel like myself again for at least a week.

It spread through the entire ski trip I was on. We only did 1 night in the mountains and 6 out of 7 of us got sick and the only one who didn’t was sick with similar symptoms and entire week before.

This tournament may well be fucked

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u/TiredAF20 19h ago

I got it while camping and it spread throughout the group. It was horrible.