Ben’s barf for barfblog

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Well I don’t actually have a picture of it, but for the past 21 hours or so I’ve been stricken with something nasty.  Maybe it is norovirus, sure seems like it might be.

Here’s what’s been happening to me:

  • Trips to the bathroom for vomiting = 2
  • Trips to the bathroom for diarrhea = 6
  • Stomach cramps = lots

Every time I drink something (which I have limited to water) I get some wicked cramps.  Haven’t eaten anything since lunch yesterday.

I really was hoping to get a picture to make the blog authentic, but a camera was the last thing I was thinking of.  I promised Doug I’d snap a pic of my next trip to the bathroom.

Ironically this week’s infosheet is all about norovirus, you can find it here.

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About Ben Chapman

Dr. Ben Chapman is a professor and food safety extension specialist at North Carolina State University. As a teenager, a Saturday afternoon viewing of the classic cable movie, Outbreak, sparked his interest in pathogens and public health. With the goal of less foodborne illness, his group designs, implements, and evaluates food safety strategies, messages, and media from farm-to-fork. Through reality-based research, Chapman investigates behaviors and creates interventions aimed at amateur and professional food handlers, managers, and organizational decision-makers; the gate keepers of safe food. Ben co-hosts a biweekly podcast called Food Safety Talk and tries to further engage folks online through Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and, maybe not surprisingly, Pinterest. Follow on Twitter @benjaminchapman.