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Health officials investigating illness outbreak at Everett cheerleading event

by KING 5 News

KING5.com

Posted on February 7, 2012 at 5:59 PM

Health officials say they're investigating a possible intestinal illness outbreak at a cheerleading competition last weekend in Everett.
    
Thousands of people attended the event at Comcast Arena on Feb. 4.
     
People began reporting symptoms - including vomiting and diarrhea - on Sunday and Monday.
    
It's still unclear what might have caused the illness or how many people might be ill.
    
Health officials, if you attended the event, and experience symptoms, you should see a doctor.

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supercrownking said on February 10, 2012 at 7:42 PM

People who have the Norovirus do vomit. And Norovirus is spreading like wild fire. So Norovirus is the cause to all this.

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kkasper10 said on February 9, 2012 at 3:53 PM

I am a teacher in the South Puget Sound and I also had a similar stomach virus over the weekend. I did not attend the event, nor do I live near there. Many of my students have been ill with this, along with several family members. It seems to be very easy to catch.

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duckdog said on February 9, 2012 at 1:59 PM

My wife and three of her friends attended the event. All four of them got extremely sick and all of them had eaten at the concession stands.

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333tina said on February 8, 2012 at 4:48 PM

kayak -- yes, attendees got sick, too. :(

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kayak said on February 8, 2012 at 9:00 AM

Question for King 5: Did anyone else in the arena get sick like the crowd for instance or was it just the cheerleaders? This would be important information as to a clue of what happened. I frequent the place so I'd really like to know.

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Yoga_girl said on February 7, 2012 at 10:22 PM

Non-flush niacin, that is....the benefit is in the flush, or dialating of the capliaries. Time released stays in the system too long and can damage the liver, according to reports. I love the flush, alwys having sticky blood, makes my body and skin feel alive. Been doing it since my twenties, and I am now 48. Check out niacin, the anti death vitamin. Pharma companies have been tryiing to profit of it, as a cure for alzhimers and strke rehabilitation...

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Yoga_girl said on February 7, 2012 at 10:09 PM

I use heavy doses of niacin and chlorella...

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Yoga_girl said on February 7, 2012 at 10:07 PM

Lack of oxygen and Chlorophyll causes thick blood...(also chlorophyl) is a green pigment found in almost all plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. Its name is derived from the Greek words χλωρος, chloros ("green") and φύλλον, phyllon ("leaf"). Chlorophyll is an extremely important biomolecule, critical in photosynthesis, which allows plants to obtain energy from light. Chlorophyll absorbs light most strongly in the blue portion of the electromagnetic spectrum,

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Yoga_girl said on February 7, 2012 at 9:43 PM

yep, right on.

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skaysmiles said on February 7, 2012 at 7:52 PM

Con't... * Your blood is VERY dark and it will start clotting almost as it come out. If you cut yourself and it is allowed to bleed for 10 seconds in a plie it instantly becomes a jello lump. I believe this is where the pulse rate goes up with this. * Then I started seizure even two weeks ago, and last seems death. For it seems to be causing blood clotts... * My dad also died from all of these symptoms last year, and now my children are sick as well. *My memory has been slowly swallowed from this. I was forced to drop out of school due to memory, being exhausted 24/7. * I believe this is very contagious, and its a new parasite, or fungus. For no one seems to know what it is or how to treat it! I also believe it causes cancer if not treated as well. It lives in your skin and looks like snails or long flat worm like looking things. They grown in a ball and look like flesh, as Dr's have said to us. *This is not something the Dr's are DX for I believe that its a new disease ...

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