400 sick after visiting indooor new york six flags water park
@phillygirl606 (1112)
United States
March 26, 2008 4:49pm CST
QUEENSBURY, N.Y. (March 26) - The number of people reporting illnesses after an outbreak of norovirus at an indoor water park in upstate New York is approaching 400.
State health officials say 388 cases have been reported by people who visited the Six Flags Great Escape Lodge and Indoor Water Park earlier this month.
Health officials say two people were hospitalized and both have been released.
Norovirus is characterized by acute gastrointestinal pain, vomiting and diarrhea lasting one or two days. The illness is not considered dangerous to the general public.
Four of the people infected and their families have filed a lawsuit against the water park, which is about 50 miles north of Albany, the state capital.
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@phillygirl606 (1112)
• United States
28 Mar 08
I know we all go on vacations to such places and never think that we're gonna get sick. It just goes to show that we're not actually safe with anything we do.
@MrDanger2k8 (443)
• United States
27 Mar 08
Wow I love going to water parks and kicking it with people but this changes my whole outlook on them lol
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@DESMASTER2007 (1130)
• United States
28 Mar 08
Man that is something right there. I would never think that someone would get sick from a water park. That is definitely a lot of sicknesses with people. What cause the outbreak. Do you think someone their had the sickness and did something to the water or food or something, and it spreaded. This is a chaotic, and scary thing to hear.
@olivemai (4738)
• United States
27 Mar 08
There is always a risk with everything we do! All it takes is one sick person and an enclosed area, and so many people can get sick! It may have beeen something they ate, which is happening more and more lately!
