California Community Of Davis Is Down With Norovirus
Going into last weekend, California's Yolo County Health Department went public with the news that the city of Davis is experiencing an outbreak of norovirus with 70 already ill. We cannot say whether Yolo County got the word out early or late Friday, but we suspect late because it really did not show up in the news until this morning. According to Yolo County:
Health officials are providing targeted community education to control the outbreak. “Norovirus can be contained fairly quickly when control measures are started and maintained consistently,” states Bruce Sarazin, Director of the Yolo County Health Department Environmental Health Division. The Health Department has provided Norovirus control guidelines to all affected institutions, businesses, and individuals and will closely monitor the situation.
Maybe the "targeted community education" would have been more effective if Yolo County had not wasted the weekend in getting the word out. Go here for the story in today's Woodland Daily Democrat. And, remember to be careful out there. The norovirus season is not over yet.
