Remember last week when Noah Syndergaard contracted hand-foot-and-mouth disease while the Mets were visiting the Bronx? Well, according to George A. King III, J.A. Happ was sent home with the same disease today.
If you’re not familiar, hand-foot-and-mouth disease is a contagious viral infection that most commonly occurs in children under the age of five. It is characterized by painful sores in the mouth and a rash on the hands and feet. HFMD can be spread by skin-to-skin contact, airborne respiratory droplets (coughing and sneezing), and saliva. People are usually most contagious during the first week of the illness, but can sometimes be contagious for days or weeks after the symptoms go away.