First ebola case diagnosed in the US.

[Random Gal]

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[Art Vandelay]

Poor Fiona...

[Art Vandelay]

Good point.

[Askold]

Good point.

I felt like commenting how FQA is the one place on the internet where a discussion about an epidemic turns into one about threesomes involving shrek but then I realized this probably isn't true.

That reasoning does not really work when you are the only one derailing the conversation.

*Lizard goes to Mothers Against Drunk Driving forum and comments on the topic of breastfeeding that hamsters sometimes eat their babies.*
"Isn't it weird that this is the only place where conversation about breastfeeding turns to conversation about hamsters eating their babies? LOL AINT THAT WEIRD!! IM SOOOO FUNNY!!!!"-Lizard

[Random Gal]

Good point.

I felt like commenting how FQA is the one place on the internet where a discussion about an epidemic turns into one about threesomes involving shrek but then I realized this probably isn't true.

That reasoning does not really work when you are the only one derailing the conversation.

*Lizard goes to Mothers Against Drunk Driving forum and comments on the topic of breastfeeding that hamsters sometimes eat their babies.*
"Isn't it weird that this is the only place where conversation about breastfeeding turns to conversation about hamsters eating their babies? LOL AINT THAT WEIRD!! IM SOOOO FUNNY!!!!"-Lizard

Exactly.

[I am lizard]

Good point.

I felt like commenting how FQA is the one place on the internet where a discussion about an epidemic turns into one about threesomes involving shrek but then I realized this probably isn't true.

That reasoning does not really work when you are the only one derailing the conversation.

*Lizard goes to Mothers Against Drunk Driving forum and comments on the topic of breastfeeding that hamsters sometimes eat their babies.*
"Isn't it weird that this is the only place where conversation about breastfeeding turns to conversation about hamsters eating their babies? LOL AINT THAT WEIRD!! IM SOOOO FUNNY!!!!"-Lizard

sorry.

[starseeker]

I don't think this is going to become another Spanish flu pandemic. It definitely won't be the Black Plague. We'll probably see a ban on travel to Libya, Nigera, and the region most affected by Ebola, and a trade embargo as well.

Liberia =/= Libya. Libya's not had any outbreak yet.

[Old Viking]

Calm down, please.  Next week's brand new panic-threat is almost here.

[Witchyjoshy]

[Askold]

Someone already drew parallels between Ebola and HIV. Both are diseases that are really bad at infecting people, but are very lethal for those who are infected. HIV has been in USA for decades but people still refuse to use condoms. Two people in USA have Ebola (and they are kept in isolation) and everyone panics.

[Sigmaleph]

HIV takes years to kill, ebola takes days or weeks.

[starseeker]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-29493759

Looks like the US is likely to join the club of countries that have had an ebola fatality.

[Kat S.]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-29493759

Looks like the US is likely to join the club of countries that have had an ebola fatality.

Sad news update.

http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/health/2014/10/08/ebola-dallas-texas-health-hospital/16910143/

Thomas Eric Duncan, who was admitted to the hospital on September 28, was pronounced dead at 7:51 a.m. Wednesday, read a statement released from the hospital.

[Sleepy]

That really sucks. I especially feel bad for his family because of the strict precautions they have to take with his body now. And I assume the family is still quarantined anyway.

[Ironchew]

Someone already drew parallels between Ebola and HIV. Both are diseases that are really bad at infecting people, but are very lethal for those who are infected. HIV has been in USA for decades but people still refuse to use condoms. Two people in USA have Ebola (and they are kept in isolation) and everyone panics.

I seriously doubt Ebola will take a foothold here in the U.S. It probably will in West Africa, though.