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FSogol

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30. Ebolanado!

Fri Aug 1, 2014, 09:02 AM

Aug 2014

What if the first responders had an orgy with the infected surviving passengers? Lots of bodily fluids could get spread!

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What if the CDC plane carrying the Ebola victims crashed on American soil? [View all] apples and oranges Aug 2014 OP

What if there was a sharknado? Tanuki Aug 2014 #1

Clever, but there have been several major plane crashes this year apples and oranges Aug 2014 #2

then the first responders would be quarantined as well. CreekDog Aug 2014 #55

OMG! That is one of the best responses I have ever seen on DU. cbayer Aug 2014 #9

Absurdity requires an absurd response. LanternWaste Aug 2014 #12

Absurdity? Plane crashes don't happen? apples and oranges Aug 2014 #17

People are answering the question. You're simply ignoring their answers. LanternWaste Aug 2014 #21

ROFL alcibiades_mystery Aug 2014 #14

We should plan for that. Warren Stupidity Aug 2014 #15

DUzy! longship Aug 2014 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author lostincalifornia Aug 2014 #31

Boom, thread win! 99Forever Aug 2014 #33

Don't be ridiculous. onehandle Aug 2014 #38

I know right. I find it bad Syfy has been making a mockery of a very real weather event. Mrdrboi Aug 2014 #48

ENOUGH SAID!!! nt msanthrope Aug 2014 #52

lol, how about a Sharknado with Ebola infected flamingdem Aug 2014 #65

Perhaps the best first reply to an inane post I've ever seen Cali_Democrat Aug 2014 #74

you nailed it Takket Aug 2014 #75

What if the border militias turn the plane back? Capt. Obvious Aug 2014 #3

Flaming balls of jet fuel tend to kill viruses - along with the humans who carry them hatrack Aug 2014 #4

When Ebola patients die, their bodies are highly infectious, which contributes to the spread of the LisaL Aug 2014 #7

Which is incineration would be a good thing. Warren Stupidity Aug 2014 #16

An ordinary citizen would not know that incineration was required apples and oranges Aug 2014 #20

Yes there is a very small risk that "ordinary citizen" will scoop up body goop Warren Stupidity Aug 2014 #43

Ok, who among us hasn't done that after having a little too much to drink? nt Guy Whitey Corngood Aug 2014 #51

Consider the zombie apocalypse. Warren Stupidity Aug 2014 #59

We were lucky it didn't start sooner, when Breitbart had sex with that goat. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Aug 2014 #61

Again with the goatf*ckers! Awesome. nt Hekate Aug 2014 #68

What if there was a fire in a hospital? brooklynite Aug 2014 #5

Not regular joes, no. Especially if they have no idea what's on board. apples and oranges Aug 2014 #8

And why would they have "no ide what's on board" brooklynite Aug 2014 #35

WTF, Either the plane inhabitants would die(likely) or they would survive (hopefully). Live and Learn Aug 2014 #6

I think the question was clear. Not all crashes result in a fiery apples and oranges Aug 2014 #10

In the worst case, all these "joes" Warren Stupidity Aug 2014 #19

Several things. longship Aug 2014 #29

Ebolanado! FSogol Aug 2014 #30

Ebola-nado? Laffy Kat Aug 2014 #41

Here you go.... msanthrope Aug 2014 #53

Good post! Bragi Aug 2014 #57

You should copyright "ebolanado" TODAY Tanuki Aug 2014 #62

YES!!! This ^^^^ VanillaRhapsody Aug 2014 #76

That's a good characterization The Traveler Aug 2014 #77

Who was mocking? longship Aug 2014 #85

It should have burned itself out by now The Traveler Aug 2014 #86

A fiery crash would burn up the virus with the patient magical thyme Aug 2014 #11

When the plane was shot down in Ukraine, lots of bodies were found, looking almost intact. LisaL Aug 2014 #13

Exactly! apples and oranges Aug 2014 #18

That plane exploded in mid-air and the peices fell to the ground. LeftyMom Aug 2014 #22

Bodies fell to the ground intact. LisaL Aug 2014 #24

Because missile. LeftyMom Aug 2014 #27

Oh for crying out loud. LisaL Aug 2014 #28

why do you keep calling it a plane "crush"? TorchTheWitch Aug 2014 #34

I'm laughing out loud. cwydro Aug 2014 #44

it's driving me nuts TorchTheWitch Aug 2014 #50

Has it ever occurred to you that English is not everybody's native language? LisaL Aug 2014 #72

Well it should be 'cause we are too damn stupid to learn any other language. Warren Stupidity Aug 2014 #92

In 6th grade I thought I was in love with Michelle Ferris Orrex Aug 2014 #46

LOL! nt cwydro Aug 2014 #63

LOL. "Because missile." Orrex Aug 2014 #47

Mulder and Scully would see pictures of their medical files and come to investigate, LeftyMom Aug 2014 #25

You forgot the AARP commercials! longship Aug 2014 #32

I miss Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. I think I had a plain crush on him. Hekate Aug 2014 #64

I had a crash on scully. Warren Stupidity Aug 2014 #66

The CIA could say that Putin shot it down... Hubert Flottz Aug 2014 #26

Bush did it. 840high Aug 2014 #56

The first thing we need to do is find a way to panic Orrex Aug 2014 #36

Obama would be blamed. nt tridim Aug 2014 #37

i read a thread about this at another site. ellie Aug 2014 #39

That's why trained first responders use universal precautions. Laffy Kat Aug 2014 #40

But what about ordinary joes? They could be at the plane crush and then goop Warren Stupidity Aug 2014 #67

You got me. I'm LOL'ing now. apples and oranges Aug 2014 #71

Ummm. . . . nt Laffy Kat Aug 2014 #73

I'll let the experts worry about it. conservaphobe Aug 2014 #42

People could worry about real stuff. 4now Aug 2014 #45

The "ordinary folks" could set off an epidemic, killing us all and rendering 2016 irrelevant. winter is coming Aug 2014 #49

what if they didn't fly here and the disease could never, ever possibly get here any other way??? CreekDog Aug 2014 #54

I like Chicken. nt stevenleser Aug 2014 #58

Meh. Who cares about your poultry opinion? pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #93

Or what if a blue chunk of ice from the whistler162 Aug 2014 #60

lol magical thyme Aug 2014 #94

There's a protocol. Chan790 Aug 2014 #69

this Puzzledtraveller Aug 2014 #70

Worry about smallpox if you need something real to worry about. cheapdate Aug 2014 #78

What if it rained TVs? H2O Man Aug 2014 #79

Snort*** 2naSalit Aug 2014 #83

Remember when it was raining men? Tanuki Aug 2014 #87

There's an awful lot of intelligent people defacto7 Aug 2014 #80

Most planes that crash catch on fire Warpy Aug 2014 #81

Information here about Ebola, transport, and transmission. WCLinolVir Aug 2014 #82

Potentially it could be... deathrind Aug 2014 #84

It won't be a problem if the pilots and navigator had the steak. kentauros Aug 2014 #88

What would happen if Ebola came to the United States? krawhitham Aug 2014 #89

In a fatal crash, people don't normally start handling the bodies muriel_volestrangler Aug 2014 #90

We are talking about a plain crush. Pay attention. And Ordinary Joes. Warren Stupidity Aug 2014 #91