The start of the new year hasn’t been too kind to millions of Americans, who have had their bellies bulldozed by the norovirus. Though previously uncommon, this particular strain, dubbed GII.17[P17],

A highly contagious strain of norovirus, GII.17, is rapidly spreading across the United States, fueling an unusually high number of outbreaks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

No. Hand sanitizer is simply not as effective against norovirus as it at killing other pathogens due to the virus's firm shell, Dr. William Schaffner, professor of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, told TODAY.com recently.

Norovirus, unlike many viruses Americans have grown accustomed to protecting against, “can live on surfaces for a long time,” Sanjay Gupta reported to CNN. Norovirus can also survive at temperatures all the way up to 145 degrees Fahrenheit.

These actors never use their real accent. For this list, we’ll be looking at, and listening to actors whose accent we hear most on screen isn’t the one they use in their real lives. Long lost relatives?