Virus sickens 28 students; Shaw dining hall closed

I work at the Shaw desk and ate in Shaw last night, but thank god I didn’t have the flank steak. Some of the mentors said that at least ten people on their particular floor were sick… so believe me, there are a lot more than 20 people who have the virus. Whatever it is.. they’d better figure it out soon.

I don’t think the sickness would come from undercooked red meat…besides the fact that I ate the flank steak last night and i have been fine, some people eat steak really rare anyway.

I find it interesting how everyone automatically assumes its the meat. The most common cause of gastroenteritis is actually viral, most common Norovirus. Most of the Norovirus infections are spread through salad contents.

Now playing at Shaw Hall.

@ “waaah! I want a hospital”

You’re an idiot. Food-borne illness is not a “tummy flu” and they were right in contacting the proper authorities. If they hadn’t the cafeteria would still be open, and even more people could have been infected. And treatment isn’t always as simple as drinking water. Dehydration is a serious matter that needs to be closely monitored by a care professional.

They should be investigated to the fullest extent being that this is the second out break of food born illness on campus – this is bullshit –

So you are paying all this money for meal plans and there have been serious illnesses to students on two separate occasions. Well fortunately the College of Law is across the street…get ready for the lawsuits to begin.

My money’s on a group of friends drinking some ex-lax and syrup of ipecac. It IS April fool’s day, after all.

that what happens when you don’t watch your employees wash their hands properly. I’ve seen how cafeteria people work, they take out garbage, come back and work around the kitchen without even washing their hands. Thank god I cook my own food.

I ate at Shaw Hall last night and I’ve been sick since last night and all day today and I don’t eat meat. . .I ate their produce. So it wasn’t the flank steak.

Yeah and there is no need to go to the hospital. I’ve just had my friends get me crackers and poweraid bc i’m too weak and sick to go and get stuff myself.

asking people to come forward with what they ate? sounds like the movie airplane…

just want to tell you both good luck… we’re all counting on you

Ya, a lot of people eat rare meat, and ya, some people get sick. It just happens. Right now it looks like it was produce or some other source, but nothing rules out the steak or any other item at this point. It’s too early to tell and I’d be shocked if they ever do find it since it sounds like a lot has been thrown away.

@waaah! I want a hospital

You are a moron. Wittle tummy flus can be debilitating by dehydrating the patient. You obviously know absolutely nothing about basic medicine and treatment. Way to be sympathetic. Some students were hospitalized because they were vomiting so much and it lead to dehydration. Look it up online, dehydration can be lethal. I bet you wouldn’t be saying that if you were affected.

A hospital? What is it?

A big building with patients, but that’s not important right now.

Eric:
Well played, sir.

I was one of the students that got really sick in the late night/early morning and I didn’t even eat at Shaw Hall. I ate at the Snyder-Phillips cafeteria and I was so sick today that I had to miss all of my classes and barely ate a thing. Hopefully they figure out what caused this as soon as possible!

wow, there are some stupid people here. When you are sick, you should get medical attention and take the best course of action to remedy the problem. What may seem like a fever can turn out to be meningitis, and the next thing you know, you are dead within 36 hours.

There are some people sick in phillips hall now and I’ve been told that all the workers from the Shaw cafeteria were sent to the Gallery in Sny-Phi to handle all the extra students from the Shaw cafeteria closure. I’m really glad the university is taking precautions in not spreading the virus around….

if I get sick I’m going to be pissed.

I work at Shaw and we have a sink in the back, so you don’t see that. We do wash our hands thank you very much…don’t blame it on us. It was probably someone who had the virus, touched a self serving spoon, then spread it to the others. That’s why we wear gloves too. Duh.

This is a serious matter, a person can become dehydrated and can become very ill, even die. So for you to poke fun at people who are ill is no laughing matter. You also are incorrect in your statement that there was no mention of fresh produce, well you are wrong, here is what the article said “As a precaution, fresh produce was pulled from cafeterias across campus by the university.” How about you learn to get your facts straight and stop bulling people who are sick. I can see you have a long way to go in learning compassion! But you can if you want to!!

Vegeterian you are most likely going to need some type of antibiotic, you should of gone to the hospital. I don’t want to sound gross but it would be a good idea to get a stool sample. DO NOT allow yourself to become dehydrated. Gatorade kept my husband from becoming deathy ill when he had food posining. But it wasn’t until he had a stool sample done that we knew he had food poising and not the flu and he needed antibiotics to get rid of the bacteria. Please let your parents know, and get their advice.

Sick don’t allow yourself to become dehydrated, get medical help. Let your parents know that you are ill. Read blog above. Hope you get well ASAP!

I hope that everyone who has become ill, from this situation gets well soon! And to the rest of the students I hope you stay well!!!
College is stressful enough, my best wishes to everyone at MSU!

The lesson learned is DON’T EAT AT THE CAFETERIA!!! I know, I know, you don’t have any other options, how about living off campus at a house/apartment with a kitchen and actually learning how to cook?

Some people should be losing their job over this at MSU.