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COLGATE4

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19. And miss the opportunity for some pearl-clutching
Mon Aug 4, 2014, 05:32 PM
Aug 2014

and general panic? Never, I say. Never.

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Yikes. RiffRandell Aug 2014 #1
Not airborne, therefore while a concern it is easily contained randys1 Aug 2014 #26
Damn! Little Star Aug 2014 #2
So far--being tested. nt raccoon Aug 2014 #3
WE ARE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!! No seriously....when I wrote a few days ago about Ebola already being msanthrope Aug 2014 #4
Yeah, you're right. RiffRandell Aug 2014 #5
Yeah, me too. But you already recall my thing about panic... heh. moriah Aug 2014 #7
Relax, progress is being made according to this report from The Onion gvstn Aug 2014 #9
I heard he's good friends with Donald Trump! B Calm Aug 2014 #6
??? moriah Aug 2014 #8
I guess you haven't watched the news lately. . . B Calm Aug 2014 #10
Oh, see, that explains it. No, I didn't hear that, but I would have tuned out anything Trump said.. moriah Aug 2014 #23
Yeah, it would have gotten here anyway. Just like SARS and MERS made it here. herding cats Aug 2014 #11
He probably just ate at Chik fil A and got food poisoning from the salmonella. nt Zorra Aug 2014 #12
Fortunately, the US is far better equipped to handle such a case than African nations on the whole Hekate Aug 2014 #13
globalism sucks Vattel Aug 2014 #14
So much for my fabulous NY trip flamingdem Aug 2014 #15
FYI: Ebola is viral. Laffy Kat Aug 2014 #27
Alcohol-based sanitizers (the best kind) do kill some viruses. redqueen Aug 2014 #30
"Looks like Ebola would have gotten here anyway" jberryhill Aug 2014 #16
And miss the opportunity for some pearl-clutching COLGATE4 Aug 2014 #19
I'd feel safer if they had reported how long the patient had been in the US Zorra Aug 2014 #17
Get ready for a new wave of Doomsday Prepping davidn3600 Aug 2014 #18
OOoooOOHH Prepping I got just the thing for the consumate prepper.... Drew Richards Aug 2014 #20
OMG! Evacuate NYC RFN! MineralMan Aug 2014 #21
The link has apparently been updated markpkessinger Aug 2014 #22
Yay, but that's how it'll get "in the wild" here, not humanitarian efforts for US citizens.... moriah Aug 2014 #24
More likely . . . markpkessinger Aug 2014 #25
More patients in bubbles waiting on test results: moriah Aug 2014 #28
If it weren't for the fact that people are actually dying of the disease in West Africa I'd say Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #29
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