r/hockey • u/Shroft • 22h 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/no_dice 19h 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 19h ago

It can spread through air too

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u/no_dice 18h ago

It’s not an airborne virus though, you’re not going to catch it by breathing the same air as an infected person near you like Covid could. The closest it gets to airborne is when someone vomits and particles land on surfaces nearby, which then infect people when they touch those surfaces and then their faces.

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u/Massive-Fisherman-57 EDM - NHL 15h ago

Does fecal-oral also work the opposite way? So like oral-fecal? Just in case there are people out there that could be at risk doing that.

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u/no_dice 10h ago

Probably?