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Voice for Peace

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34. It's a learning curve for everyone.

Fri Oct 17, 2014, 12:01 AM

Oct 2014

At first they didn't know the whole story. They weighed
all the possibilities and erred on the side of no lawsuits.

Ebola jokes are flying left and right, out in the outernet.

Today for no good reason I had a terrible headache. Of
course I thought oh no I have ebola, just as a private joke,
and it got quite bad, the headache, not the joke; so I took
some ibuprofin. I knew I didn't have ebola, and hoped I
didn't have influenza. As the headache subsided I thought
about the nurse who flew to Cincinnati. Maybe the day
she flew there, she had a headache and took some
advil. Same next day. She would never show a fever,
but maybe could still be in the beginning of the contagious
stage. There's so much we don't know. Being irrationally
fearful is NOT the same thing as being overly cautious.

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Southwestern College building cordoned off after student becomes ill [View all] bananas Oct 2014 OP

Ebola scare shuts down buildings at Southwestern College, students under quarantine bananas Oct 2014 #1

Why don't we quarantine everyone on the plane? upaloopa Oct 2014 #24

NO SIGN OF EBOLA. take a chill pill uhnope Oct 2014 #25

livestream bananas Oct 2014 #2

I'm betting the more likely cause is a cold or the flu though. nt cstanleytech Oct 2014 #3

Me too get the red out Oct 2014 #5

No shit. It's the start of flu season. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #28

"Fox 5 News has a crew on the way to Southwestern College." Well alrighty then! yellowcanine Oct 2014 #4

they we're already there when I posted bananas Oct 2014 #7

posting from my phone bananas Oct 2014 #10

Could it even happen that fast..? Voice for Peace Oct 2014 #6

The student was not on the flight. This is all totally unnecessary. yellowcanine Oct 2014 #9

that's what I thought.. Voice for Peace Oct 2014 #17

How about NOT giving them props for being stupid? Daemonaquila Oct 2014 #27

It's a learning curve for everyone. Voice for Peace Oct 2014 #34

"A student at Southwestern College who came in contact with someone on the same flight as Texas yellowcanine Oct 2014 #8

So... did the passenger give the nurse a catheder ... bobclark86 Oct 2014 #14

And this is just the BEGINNING of flu season. We are doomed if every time someone sneezes Ebola yellowcanine Oct 2014 #11

The land of the brave......hilarious. Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #12

And the home of the freakouts! yellowcanine Oct 2014 #13

Send in Grampy McCain! SoapBox Oct 2014 #20

Nurse: SWC student has no sign of Ebola bananas Oct 2014 #15

"...she had missed classes because..." Adsos Letter Oct 2014 #18

but what about her Grandmother? d_r Oct 2014 #22

oh for dawg's sake. now that's an overreaction if ever... magical thyme Oct 2014 #16

Oy! Let the hysterics begin... City Lights Oct 2014 #19

Take your pick of least and most likely homegirl Oct 2014 #23

I thought colleges were cracking down on frat house initiation pranks rocktivity Oct 2014 #21

the Nurses who were dealing with Duncan did not the the proper protection JI7 Oct 2014 #26

Would it be fair customerserviceguy Oct 2014 #29

in the first case it's about things like money , greedy higher ups etc, in the 2nd case JI7 Oct 2014 #30

I really don't have a lot of confidence customerserviceguy Oct 2014 #31

guidelines were weak and not followed JI7 Oct 2014 #32

And this is what the media freakout and misinformation has brought us Marrah_G Oct 2014 #33