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Feral Child

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159. Best of luck to your care-givers. Seriously.

Fri Oct 10, 2014, 06:22 PM

Oct 2014

I wouldn't sweat it unless they're working in Africa.

Or at least in quarantine services. Maybe ER.

If they're stateside, their odds of contact are probably much the same as winning the lottery.

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Lots of sneezing Mz Pip Oct 2014 #1

Apparently household pets carry Ebola. Barack_America Oct 2014 #4

OMG! Politicalboi Oct 2014 #14

When I was weedeating the yard a few days ago I was hit in the eye madokie Oct 2014 #2

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Actually it could have been pipi_k Oct 2014 #19

I thought owl bolusks were only used for monuments and graves. nt pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #23

You are better than this Aerows Oct 2014 #73

I see this thread as mocking the hysteria pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #78

I'm terrified for people in my immediate family Aerows Oct 2014 #151

I've been finding people everywhere making light of their own fears this way. Voice for Peace Oct 2014 #89

yep, and pipi_k Oct 2014 #122

Hiding remarkably insensitive posts. Luminous Animal Oct 2014 #3

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Seroiusly, is this the best you can do? brooklynite Oct 2014 #135

Shit. I have those, too! notrightatall Oct 2014 #5

Desiring gun ownership onehandle Oct 2014 #6

Hot flashes. cwydro Oct 2014 #7

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My 88 year old mom just flew back from Europe. cwydro Oct 2014 #24

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OMG, spinbaby Oct 2014 #117

I have this mole... Horse with no Name Oct 2014 #9

Are you sure it's a mole? Voles are much cuter. Autumn Oct 2014 #82

Dizzy, unsteady on my feet. Feel like I'm drunk. Downwinder Oct 2014 #10

This one made me giggle. cwydro Oct 2014 #26

Have you been to West Africa in the past 21 days? herding cats Oct 2014 #41

^^^^ DUZY^^^^^ alittlelark Oct 2014 #48

. herding cats Oct 2014 #66

Gin and tonic is supposed to be good for Malaria. Downwinder Oct 2014 #58

I'm willing to try it. Barack_America Oct 2014 #61

Good for what ails you. Downwinder Oct 2014 #63

It's worth clinical study. herding cats Oct 2014 #65

I have relatives in Houston - should I be worried? hedgehog Oct 2014 #101

Have you emailed them? If so, what connection do you have? Barack_America Oct 2014 #102

My God, I hope they use a proxy!!! pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #103

Well, I live in the United States, which is where Houston is located! Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #143

Erectile disfunction. madinmaryland Oct 2014 #11

Well, Ebola only strikes when the moment's right. NuclearDem Oct 2014 #119

Projectile vomiting like a 105mm Howitzer. cherokeeprogressive Oct 2014 #12

You just need to stop thinking about the Dodgers' postseason. LeftyMom Oct 2014 #38

It's a cannondrum pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #49

Damn. LeftyMom nailed it. It wasn't Ebola; it was Welosta. Dry heaves now. Besides... cherokeeprogressive Oct 2014 #93

You've been unjustly accused of misfire on this thread. Some have recoiled, but I think keeping msanthrope Oct 2014 #132

InContinents nt Xipe Totec Oct 2014 #13

I'm in the oklahoma continent, am I at risk? n/t 5X Oct 2014 #18

You are now, since they didn't keep it in continents of Africa. nt Xipe Totec Oct 2014 #20

Watery pipi_k Oct 2014 #16

Um, that would be normal cwydro Oct 2014 #30

You should try it sometime pipi_k Oct 2014 #125

I got the nighttime snifflin', sneezin', yes, stuffy head, coughin' achin', fever, so you can rest alcibiades_mystery Oct 2014 #17

I had a headache Beaverhausen Oct 2014 #21

I have this terrible, insane desire to go..> BlueJazz Oct 2014 #22

OMG!!!!1111 pipi_k Oct 2014 #126

Has ebowling been invented yet? Voice for Peace Oct 2014 #147

My back hurts and so does my tummy. herding cats Oct 2014 #25

Fever, abdominal pain. MissB Oct 2014 #27

I have dirty thoughts about doing unnatural acts Douglas Carpenter Oct 2014 #28

Headache, diarrhea, nausea, abdominal pain . . . Strelnikov_ Oct 2014 #29

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headache, stuffy head, stomach ache uppityperson Oct 2014 #32

My hair's on fire and I keep running around in circles screaming jeff47 Oct 2014 #33

I sneezed about a week ago AwakeAtLast Oct 2014 #34

A seemingly irreversible aversion to work BeyondGeography Oct 2014 #35

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To quote the great Tug McGraw BeyondGeography Oct 2014 #81

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Oh crap. Everyone in my office has Ebola Taitertots Oct 2014 #152

Occasional coughing. Brigid Oct 2014 #36

I've been bleeding for days, my back hurts, and I keep thinking about stabbing people. LeftyMom Oct 2014 #39

Well played. herding cats Oct 2014 #43

I don't think that's what they mean by 'stabbing pain' pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #52

Best answer evah!!!!!! Marrah_G Oct 2014 #94

Itchy rectum and smelly finger. nt Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #42

is this supposed to be a joke? noiretextatique Oct 2014 #45

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See post 15. Barack_America Oct 2014 #50

+1 n/t Spazito Oct 2014 #71

Get a grip. nt cwydro Oct 2014 #57

get a soul nt noiretextatique Oct 2014 #160

it's called humor, relax and smile a little, the world is not ending. Marrah_G Oct 2014 #95

it is not funny. eom noiretextatique Oct 2014 #161

I get that you don't find it funny Marrah_G Oct 2014 #162

i get that other people do...i do not eom noiretextatique Oct 2014 #163

Had some wine tonight...... I have ALL of them !!! alittlelark Oct 2014 #46

Life is a cabernet, my friend pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #55

Had it for about a week. Cured it, though. NuclearDem Oct 2014 #51

Yes, i have a frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter Ilsa Oct 2014 #53

Tourettes ErikJ Oct 2014 #54

Itchy nose XemaSab Oct 2014 #56

This question sound like a job for the Magic 8-Ball pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #60

Absolutely! Feral Child Oct 2014 #106

A repeated need for food, at regular intervals. CaptainTruth Oct 2014 #59

Do I now have to be quarantined... MoonchildCA Oct 2014 #62

Go ask the families of the dead in Africa. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #64

I can't because of the travel bans and quarantines you keep demanding... Barack_America Oct 2014 #68

Or the people that have to work Aerows Oct 2014 #72

why insensitivity? Do you think the people in this thread, who are making fun of their own fears, Voice for Peace Oct 2014 #148

I'm not superior Aerows Oct 2014 #149

It is scary. But I don't think we ought to let ourselves be scared. Voice for Peace Oct 2014 #157

kestrel, you're better than this. Feral Child Oct 2014 #115

I feel as though I have an animated hammer inside my brain RufusTFirefly Oct 2014 #69

I remember that one! Rhiannon12866 Oct 2014 #97

Last week pipi_k Oct 2014 #131

"I'd rather do it myself!!" RufusTFirefly Oct 2014 #141

Did you know pipi_k Oct 2014 #144

Haha! No!! RufusTFirefly Oct 2014 #146

This post contains so much Aerows Oct 2014 #70

Oh yes, there has been much concern on DU for West Africans. Barack_America Oct 2014 #79

Get a grip. Feral Child Oct 2014 #111

It's "whiny bullshit" Aerows Oct 2014 #153

Best of luck to your care-givers. Seriously. Feral Child Oct 2014 #159

I'm troubled by strange noises in the middle of the night betsuni Oct 2014 #74

Had a fever so went to town so I could buy some over the counter medicine just Autumn Oct 2014 #75

But at any point did you breastfeed? Barack_America Oct 2014 #83

The pit bull wasn't hungry, but I did offer Autumn Oct 2014 #84

When I last cut my toenails, I could not get that little sharp edge in the corner. Jamastiene Oct 2014 #76

My pee smells and I pooped green. zappaman Oct 2014 #77

Lay off the asparagus pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #80

This reminds me of the time I had a asparagus and beet salad..... msanthrope Oct 2014 #138

Asparagus is so fickle pipi_k Oct 2014 #145

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I have this rash on my elbow Fred Friendlier Oct 2014 #86

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Being a dark-skinned African-American. rocktivity Oct 2014 #91

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Don't worry, you'll recover from your physical ailments just fine pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #99

I have a headache davidpdx Oct 2014 #98

The most fatal. Barack_America Oct 2014 #100

Did NOBODY pay attention to plop plop fizz fizz oh what a relief it is? pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #104

Ennui, lethargy, Feral Child Oct 2014 #105

OMG, did you say malaise? pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #107

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Turn on the TV Right Fuggin' NOW!!!! nt msanthrope Oct 2014 #128

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A sudden hatred of all things FOX NEWS... yuiyoshida Oct 2014 #110

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Get well, get well soon, we hope you will get well betsuni Oct 2014 #116

Shitty attitude.....n/t Hotler Oct 2014 #120

well my internal organs shut down this morning... Javaman Oct 2014 #121

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I have a slight headache. ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #130

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I smell butter when I sneeze. FSogol Oct 2014 #133

headache and vomity La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2014 #134

Delusions about winning the lottery! mfcorey1 Oct 2014 #136

The primary symptom is worrying about Ebola FLPanhandle Oct 2014 #139

Itchy eyes, sinus headache, congestion ellie Oct 2014 #140

I think my computer has ebola LeftInTX Oct 2014 #142

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I am not fearful of the disease but nor am I arthritisR_US Oct 2014 #154

I yell Benghazi and ISIS all the time Sanity Claws Oct 2014 #155

Aching muscels but then that might be the arthritis that I have been diagnosed with. jwirr Oct 2014 #156

YOU are a bad, bad poster! cwydro Oct 2014 #164