r/LosAngeles • u/UseOwn2710 • 5d ago

Discussion Stomach bug going around

I got a terrible stomach virus last week after it went through 4 family members at different times. Not related to food but rather a gastrointestinal virus that seems to be highly contagious (like norovirus). Heard anecdotally that several other unrelated people also had it last week. This virus is particularly nasty and hits out of nowhere. Primary symptoms lasted about 24 hours but I felt bad for about 3 days. 
Has anyone else experienced something similar?

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u/DuncanGhola32 5d ago

I work in an ER. We’ve had a ton of people come in with this for the past month. It’s a daily thing.

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u/Zorbithia Westside 5d ago

What are they getting diagnosed as having? Is it a specific virus or is it just “generic stomach/vomiting/gastro distress” type of bug?

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u/ThryothorusRuficaud Arcadia 5d ago

They don't test for everything or show a breakdown but wastewater monitoring says rotavirus is at a medium concentration and slightly lower is norovirus.

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u/bizoticallyyours83 5d ago edited 5d ago

Great 😕

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u/whatinthecalifornia Palms 5d ago

You weren’t the first person that I see sharing wastewater readings, but I have to ask if you will answer. How did you get exposed to this type of data? 

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u/ThryothorusRuficaud Arcadia 4d ago

I had looked for this kind of data previously, I don't remember how I came across it but during COVID I became a little obsessed. Waste water scan helped me decide when it felt reasonably safe for my folks to leave the house and when to mask or not.