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Is the stomach flu airborne?

is it?
and how is it contagious?

if it was airborne everyone would get it

stupid.

Not quite, gastroenteritis (the proper name for stomach flu) is typically caused by bacteria or viruses that are spread by the faecal oral route, i.e. one of the symptoms is generally diarrhoea which means its much harder to keep hygiene conditions as you wish, and thus you potentially get some of the stomach flu organism (whichever it is) on your hands and in your mouth.

The norovirus (winter vomiting) and rotavirus are common causes. E. coli and Salmonella are others.

It's almost always extremely contagious and can spread easily in environments such as hospital wards, schools etc

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