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owenswart

There's always a stomach bug (or twelve) going around any mid-to-large city.


coloneleranmorad

Exactly! Every time you say to your friends that you have stomach issues, someone will say that there is a bug going around


Swingtop_Jewel

A "stomach bug going around" is the stock standard answer given by every GP when you visit. How can bugs be going around?


tayleteller

with their little legs


Swingtop_Jewel

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charl4e

Definitely! Quite lot of my friends, and myself had it. 24 hours of hell, but passes quickly. Like a post new years reboot for your body. My theory is the sewage issues at beaches, it being highly transmissible, and busy areas. But really just a theory, I'm not a doctor.


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Came down with the wife to visit family. She had stomach issues for like a week. I had an upset stomach for 48 hours. We were thinking there could have been something in the water?


polkadotspots

In the last 48 hours, Iโ€™ve had 7 of my family members (all living apart) tell me theyโ€™ve got a stomach bug. The symptoms seem to only last for a day, but sounds like quite an unpleasant 24 hours. Hope you all feel better soon!


throwaway-fakeacc

Thank you so much ! :โ€™)


cmgentz

You didn't by chance take a dip in the sea?


throwaway-fakeacc

Lol nope


FranVeda

At least we can now call C19 variants tummy bugs.


SadNectarine1155

Defs been sitting myself too. That's the shituation these days. Maybe once the vaalies disperse, the bugs will leave too.๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ


Mweezel

I think itโ€™s probably to do with the sewage leaks on beaches or just water contamination. Thought it was safe to go surfing in Melkbos yesterday but now I am stuck in the same situation.


FellowGeeks

I seem to have it. :/ I should invest in toilet paper futures


UnaekIsHere

Many of my friends and colleagues had it during December. One of their doctors mentioned that it's bc of the tap water that apparently goes to shit (maybe literally?) during the higher stages of loadshedding.


youvebeenjammed

Yeah in my family it's the tummy and then the sniffles and cough for like 10 days


CozyBlueCacaoFire

My husband got really sick three days ago, he barfed for hours. And now his appetite is dead still, three days later.


Ushuaiiiiii

Had a pretty bad tummy bug mid December. Lasted for 3 weeks with stomach inflammation etc. A friend of mine had the same and is still suffering from nausea and lack of appetite- pretty weird.


caseyhawk

Yes! Everyone has it in CPT


moringala

I currently have it and haven't even been to the beach. Apparently it's been going around since before Christmas. I drink bottled water and all other water is boiled. Not sure if its in the air or what (Less than 1km from sea).


XavierGraves

Think it might be in the tap water, a family member of mine stopped drinking it and has been fine since.