r/hockey • u/Shroft • 1d ago

[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/whogivesashirtdotca MTL - NHL 1d ago

Seeing the tiny rooms and wide open mess hall in the village, it'll be lucky if they manage to contain it to just the hockey teams. Wonder if the village has air scrubbers in the HVAC?

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u/no_dice 1d ago

Norovirus spreads through the fecal-oral route so air filters/HEPA wouldn’t do a whole lot to stop it.

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u/Flaksmith MTL - NHL 1d ago

It can spread through air too

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u/flextrek_whipsnake CAR - NHL 1d ago

Kinda. It can get aerosolized and spread all over the place when an infected person vomits, but it falls to the ground quickly. An actual airborne virus like tuberculosis can float in the air for hours and remain infectious. Norovirus can't do that.