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My mother and i both threw up at the same time in the middle of the night. given this fact, which is more liklely a) we have stomach virus b) food poi?

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Virus/food poison: Both are equally likely. If you were both out together in the same public location, a stomach virus is just as possible as eating the same food at a meal.

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Answered 12/11/2017

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