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Nigerian Traveler Admitted To Washington Hospital With "Ebola-like" Symptoms

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CNN reports that a Washington-area hospital has admitted a patient with symptoms possibly associated with Ebola, the Howard University Hospital said Friday.

The patient, who was not named, had traveled to Nigeria and upon returning was "presenting with symptoms that could be associated with Ebola," according to hospital spokeswoman Kerry-Ann Hamilton.

The unidentified patient is listed in stable condition, according to Kerry-Ann Hamilton, a spokesperson for the hospital.

The hospital released the following statement:

We can confirm that a patient has been admitted to Howard University Hospital in stable condition, following travel to Nigeria and presenting with symptoms that could be associated with Ebola.

 

In an abundance of caution, we have activated the appropriate infection control protocols, including isolating the patient.

 

Our medical team continues to evaluate and monitor progress in close collaboration with the CDC and the Department of Health.

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Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:28 | 5285007 Gringo Viejo
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Couldn't happen in a nicer town.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:29 | 5285015 Dr Strangemember
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If you see Ebola, say Ebola!!!

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:30 | 5285035 Bangalore Equit...
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Listen.

Enough of the "SCARE" tactics. Did you see how they did it in Texas? Closed that virus down with extreme prejudice!

Thank your "GOVERNMENT"!

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:37 | 5285048 TheAnalOG
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They told us that guy crawling under the fence was the next Steve Jobs.  But we died of internal bleeding before his first gizmo came out.  So sad....

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:37 | 5285071 y3maxx
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...It's all Diversion folks.....USSA/Qatar/Saudi Arabia need to Carpet Bomb Syria for future pipeline to Europe.

....Notice also that Israel will not get a single Ebola scare.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:39 | 5285091 Al Huxley
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Maybe they're just extra-tidy in Israel.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:44 | 5285113 Leonardo Fibonacci2
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Perhaps Obama can go shake hands with him.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:51 | 5285150 pods
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Not sure why nobody else sees Bangalore Equity Trader's fantastic sarcasm.
Maybe I am a bit crazy, but he seems like a cross between Methman and MDB?

pods 

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:54 | 5285172 Oh regional Indian
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In my time away, I see a steep drop in ZH commentary....

It's all devolving.

I think Bangalore Eq  trader rocks... :-)

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:59 | 5285199 macholatte
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The first thing to do with a contageous disease is to isolate it.

 

1. Stop ALL air traffic into the US and EU from Africa.

 

What's so hard to understand about that??

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:01 | 5285210 12ToothAssassin
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Moar fear porn!

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:22 | 5285296 0b1knob
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This reminds me more and more of the book "The Stand" by Stephen King.

 

 

"That wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery.” 


Stephen KingThe Stand

Pity the poor politicians.  For Satan is loose in DC and his anger knows no limits.


Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:39 | 5285367 remain calm
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Maybe the President can visit him to wish him well and to show to the American people ther is nothing to worry about.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:42 | 5285385 InjectTheVenom
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anyone know when the new season of Walking Dead starts ?

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:46 | 5285404 XitSam
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Oct 12. 

They'll be sad when they find out.

Find out what?

They shook hands with the wrong virus.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 14:50 | 5285776 Four chan
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"The Unholy Eboly

You press your right brain in,

You puke your left brain out,

You pull your right ear off,

And you shake it all about,

You do the unholy eboly

and you shake yourself apart

That what it's all about."

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 15:07 | 5285888 The Carbonator
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Laughing in my cube like a retard.

 

LOLS!

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:50 | 5285421 whirling tword ...
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tick tock

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:54 | 5285438 dumpster
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MOAR   .. please stop that disfiguration of the word more

pretty stupid for a 5th grader

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:54 | 5285439 dumpster
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MOAR   .. please stop that disfiguration of the word more

pretty stupid for a 5th grader

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 16:02 | 5286120 Gold Eyed Cat
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Buy moar! Spend moar! Surrender moar! Moar debt!  Moar war!  moar, Moar, MOAR!

We need the word "moar".  We are long past the time when the word "more" can handle how much more general fuckery we have heaped upon us, more and more every day. Every time we think, surely that is THE most ridiculous bull shit ever... then the very next day, they give us moreMOAR is more and more when you simply do not think you can take... not. one. minute. more.

 

But that is just my opinion.

 

Sat, 10/04/2014 - 00:56 | 5287784 WOAR
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MOAR WOAR!

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:23 | 5285288 astoriajoe
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Not to be partisan, but I don't think the current administration is allowed to use the word isolation, unless its referring to Russia.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 14:30 | 5285659 PenchantForHoarding
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I mean, if people are fucking retarded enough to voluntarily travel from the 1st world into the heart of the plague - especially without a decent excuse like being a health worker - then honestly, they should be put off on an iceberg with Nanook to float away and never be seen again.

A woman in my office still won't stop gloating about going on a FUCKING SAFARI in FUCKING AFRICA next month for her honeymoon!!!

If you're that stupid, it's a one way trip.  you don't get to book round trips.

I bet if ebola caused instagram to stop working idiots would wake up.

 

 

Unbelievable.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:17 | 5285267 whirling tword ...
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I need to go watch Zombieland again....

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 16:43 | 5286325 ImGumbydmmt
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1. Beware of Restrooms

2. Cardio

3. Dont be a hero

4. Remember to always double tap

and most of all use purell after tossing the dead body of Bill Murray over a railing.

 

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:22 | 5285294 Skateboarder
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Good to see you ORI. I am a fan of BangEq's style as well. Some people find the "Listen..." thing annoying - I think it's well-suited.

Right you are - all devolving, right in front of our eyes. Let me add that the comments depend on the reality of the situation at hand. Worse commentary = worse reality (generally applicable).

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:44 | 5285388 Oh regional Indian
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Good to be back SB, if only for a bit. The reality/illusion connect with peopl's state of mind are a given....

Too bad...life is really good actually....it's all about the vibration band we inhabit!

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 14:19 | 5285592 IridiumRebel
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Devolving as in a shittload of .gov trolls deployed this last year?
Uh huh.....

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:07 | 5285231 IridiumRebel
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https://twitter.com/wfaachannel8/status/517739906211528704/photo/1

Every precaution will be taken. This pic shows just how arduous they are being. Wonder if any kids were puddle jumping before or after the projectile vomit by our latest African "Baby Jesus(credit Pelosi)". 

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:10 | 5285246 Doubleguns
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Wonder how many foot prints were in that puke pile before they pressure washed it. 

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:21 | 5285279 americanspirit
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Then that pressure washer liquid went down the gutter, getting on more than a few car tires (think how tires throw spray in a rainstorm) and then - ta da - into the sewer. And in the sewer guess what lives in abundance? Rats. Running through the water, eating stuff floating in the water. And then - ta da #2 - out of the sewers and into the houses and, even more fun, into the kitchens of restaurants and into grocery stores.

I think this is called describing disease vectors. There are an awful of very high-paid people in Texas and elsewhere who seem to have never heard of the concept.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:48 | 5285408 XitSam
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<- Stupidity

<- Malice

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 14:19 | 5285597 Jack Burton
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Stupid Indian bitch is walking right through it! Smart woman.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:21 | 5285291 Rusty Shorts
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...JFK to Accra, Ghana. = depart Nov. 15, 2014 - return Nov. 29, 2014 -

 

      >>>>10 hours 21 minutes flight time<<<<


Direct flight DELTA, outgoing every Saturday, return every Sunday. ...round trip = $1238.60  

 

...link >>>>http://www.delta.com/air-shopping/findFlights.action

 

Awesome !!!

 

Just to compare and contrast, in 2009 these tickets were $2,500 and up, I know, I've bought a few of 'em through the years...in 2005 you ask? $1400...looks like it's time to go to West Africaaaaaaaaa lol

 

...so remember guys, when you are punching in your departure and return dates, departures are on Saturdays, and returns are on Sundays.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:47 | 5285390 Gaius Frakkin' ...
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Is this one of those fragile things Taleb is talking about? After years of middle class erosion, the airlines are so fucking desperate for fliers they're willing to import level 4 biohazards. Not a stable system I think.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 14:53 | 5285801 Four chan
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their stocks need to be taught a lesson for them to listen.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 16:47 | 5286343 ImGumbydmmt
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I can't believe the staff that works the flight will even show up for work.

 

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 16:17 | 5286193 Blankenstein
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Let's see - No gloves on (can see from another overhead shot), short-sleeve shirts, no rubber boots, and they are letting a passerby walk through the runoff with sandles on.  Who are the morons running the show?  This isn't even adequate protection for handling bleach or strong disinfectants, let alone cleaning up after a deadly virus.  

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:45 | 5285114 Yes We Can. But...
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It is contained.

WASH YOUR HANDS.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:50 | 5285151 Oh regional Indian
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Fear is most people's reality.

Reality is an illusion.

Crack that conumdrum.

Be free...

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:11 | 5285245 Rusty Shorts
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Where you been ORI?

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:16 | 5285264 Oh regional Indian
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Watching Rusty....it's getting hairy in the illusion :-)

Back to very interesting work, music related...

How have you been?

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:28 | 5285325 Rusty Shorts
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I'm good, great to see you back!

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 14:50 | 5285789 SickDollar
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the virus was refused a visa

 

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:03 | 5285189 tarabel
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There's no guarantee that will be the case. But if it does turn out to be true, I wonder why that could be?

It couldn't possibly be on account of tightening up their already very serious approach to border security, now could it?

So the United States should be more Israeli-like, in at least this one instance, right?

 

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:24 | 5285292 kchrisc
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"...It's all Diversion folks.....USSA/Qatar/Saudi Arabia need to Carpet Bomb Syria for future pipeline to Europe."

 

Exactly!

"Pay attention to the sexy muse, I mean Ebola, on the other side of the stage while I put the rabbit in the hat over here.

Tah dah! Assad's the boogeyman now."

An American, not a US subject.

 

Note to sheeple: If it's in the propaganda media, there's an agenda. The trick is to find or see the agenda.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 14:49 | 5285774 SmittyinLA
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We could solve the problem overnight by requiring all flights from West Africa have a 24 layover in Israel.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 17:26 | 5286495 Kirk2NCC1701
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@ y3maxx: "...Notice also that Israel will not get a single Ebola scare."

As Paveway IV posted earlier today (5284736)...  Israel rejects U.S. request on Ebola relief in Africa.

Israel will not allow flights from  any Ebolistans.  Nor will other Gulf States.  Unlike our Gov, they are neither dumb, nor PC-conscious.  It's not so much "shame of them", but "Shame on US".

STOP ALL OUTBOUND FLIGHTS FROM EBOLISTANS!

Sat, 10/04/2014 - 01:05 | 5287796 WOAR
Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:35 | 5285050 GeorgeWKush
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But, but wait a minute, there is supposedly no Ebola in Nigeria anymore.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:37 | 5285074 TheReplacement
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That is correct.  Ebola left Nigeria aboard an airplane bound for DC.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:39 | 5285088 TheAnalOG
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greener pastures...

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:41 | 5285096 Divided States ...
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Did Ebola do any stopover to other cities before heading to D.C.?? Maybe Tel Aviv??

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:35 | 5285357 Rusty Shorts
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..usually through Belgium, or Amsterdam or Dubia

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 14:00 | 5285472 Divided States ...
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so youre telling me Ebola offpsrings are already in those cities but just hasnt been reported?

I am surprised China hasnt had any cases of Ebola yet, lots of Chinese people are in Africa right now.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 14:34 | 5285687 Rusty Shorts
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I've been thinking the same thing, and correct, thousands and thousands of Chinese running around West Africa, and Lebanese, Israeli's, Europeans, Aussies, etc., etc...

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 14:08 | 5285511 Dr Strangemember
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Yes, Mecca!

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:38 | 5285080 RaceToTheBottom
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I bet he was the Nigerian Prince I have been dealing with.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:47 | 5285128 Yes We Can. But...
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Yes, and in this his time of need he truly can use your help, friend.  Open your heart and wire $9,989 to ....

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:11 | 5285244 RacerX
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Yes he must be coming with that $100 miilions dollars he's promised.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 14:09 | 5285520 Dr Strangemember
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Yes, sometimes fairytales do come true.  : )

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:40 | 5285092 MsCreant
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If you give George meat, it becomes Bush meat, doesn't it? 

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:34 | 5285052 Divided States ...
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Maybe thats why there was the WH intruder event happened last week, so they could put extra security measures around the WH before they bring Ebola to D.C., which I guess, they just did.

 

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:33 | 5285055 kliguy38
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wonder if he got a whitehouse tour before being admitted

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:37 | 5285076 Dr Strangemember
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I'll bet you a huge cash payment this dude in DC is a kneegro.  Who's taking the other side?????

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:48 | 5285135 pods
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Has anyone asked Cliven Bundy what he thinks about all of this?

pods

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:31 | 5285042 TheAnalOG
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"We infected some folks"

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:34 | 5285057 Gringo Viejo
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@Anal: +10

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:35 | 5285063 maskone909
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soon it will be deemed racist for a nurse to do an appropriate triage and ask background info on suspected ebola cases.  "we are being persecuted", they will say.  john Q. dumbass public will no doubt advocate for these "folks". 

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:39 | 5285084 Keyser
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Wait until a few thousand cases are reported... Even the liberals will be screaming bloody murder then, but of course it will be too late by that time... 

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:21 | 5285286 j0nx
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Sheeeit. At case #3 in #3 city me and mine are bugging out. That means it's loose and unable to be contained at that point. We wiill be bugging while the bugging is good off to more rural pastures at the family retreat in the hills.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:24 | 5285309 americanspirit
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Keyser - there will be no reporting of "a few thousand cases". Once there are a few dozen the spin control will begin, and soon thereafter the only reporting will be that "everything is under control."

And don't ask where those white busses with shades drawn are heading - that is a "need to know" issue and you don't need to know. 

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:55 | 5285444 XitSam
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Based on the people with AIDS that purposely infected others, there will be some people that know/suspect they are infected that will do all they can to infect others before they die.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:36 | 5285069 44MagnumPrepper
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LOL - I just read that with his voice... classic.

"Listen... so we've infected some folks.  That's okay.  Michelle and I are standing by our....ahhhh infections, to uhhh make sure that republicans in congress come to their senses." 

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:38 | 5285081 fonzannoon
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Wait till the first politician there gets it and it mutates to ebola plus genital warts. 

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:53 | 5285159 pods
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Good thing I didn't warm up lunch! Thanks fonz. You sure you couldn't work scabies in there?

pods

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:21 | 5285278 whirling tword ...
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I used to tell people I was really angry with to:  Go slip in a puddle of AIDS and die of ass cancer....

guess I'll have to revise that statement.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:46 | 5285395 pods
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Maybe something like " May you paint the toilet red till the end of your days."

pods

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:49 | 5285413 whirling tword ...
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Go smell an ebola fart???

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 14:44 | 5285739 SmittyinLA
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You said it, now you have to unvisualize Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi with genital warts 

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 15:40 | 5286029 tenpanhandle
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I'm still trying to unvisualize them two without the genital wartz.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:21 | 5285287 ThroxxOfVron
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"We infected some folks"

I'm ALL for the gallows humor as long as we can get to the part where we start using the gallows...

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:55 | 5285448 joemayo
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Officials: About 50 of the 100 close contacts with Ebola patient in Dallas being monitored daily; 10 of those are at 'high risk' of developing disease - @BrianCurtisNBC5

 

http://www.breakingnews.com/topic/africa-ebola-outbreak-2014/

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:35 | 5285059 Groundhog Day
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Paging dr. House, you have a few patients that went through great lengths to see you

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:13 | 5285253 JLee2027
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If you see Ebola, say Ebola!!!

You didn't spread that disease. 

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:43 | 5285106 thunderchief
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I wish one of these folks was a washington lobbyist,, and just goes party crazy all of town during election season. It's just eggnog, I swear..

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:00 | 5285205 auntiesocial
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just remember- The virus from Africa can't get re-elected.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:07 | 5285220 palmdetroit
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 cases in Virginia,.. body in DC

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:16 | 5285268 j0nx
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I'm confused? Why don't the democrats just pass a law making ebola illegal? Done and done.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:24 | 5285301 nuke ISIS now
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Coincidence that this "new" case presents in DC?

 

RIDDLE ME THIS BATMAN, WAS THIS REALLY A TRAVELLER FROM NIGERIA, OR A CONTACT FROM Dallas target layover?

 

 

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:36 | 5285360 Central Bankster
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Inquiring minds would love to know.

 

 

Additionally, is this to become a pattern?  African nationals coming to the U.S. hiding symptoms and getting people sick?  This seems like a new reality.

 

If we start seeing dozens of these African Ebola Tourists every month, will the media try to spin it as racist to profile against them?  Seems likely.

 

How many US citizens need to die before there is the political will to stop this insanity?  

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 14:13 | 5285544 Whoa Dammit
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If we had a real government run by adults, Ebola woud have never gotten here to begin with.

 

Sat, 10/04/2014 - 05:19 | 5287969 Ebanga Planti
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If this turns out to be true, then we must be afraid. EBOLA IS NOT MAKING NEWS IN NIGERIA AND IT IS WELL CONTAINED THERE!!! 

If this case is from there, then another 9/11 is on its way!

BANG!!!

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:28 | 5285008 dow2000
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Obama: "We got this"

America: (Sigh of relief)

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:28 | 5285017 viahj
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is ebola JV or V?

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:31 | 5285034 pods
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He might be presenting with signs of Ebola, but he is no Ebola.

Or some shit like that.

pods

 

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:45 | 5285115 Herd Redirectio...
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"If I had a son..."

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:47 | 5285134 Billy Sol Estes
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He'd have ebola

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:46 | 5285121 fonzannoon
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I like the word "presenting" when it comes to ebola. Like he walked into the hospital in a suit with a briefcase and some charts to illustrate his ebola.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:08 | 5285236 12ToothAssassin
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A fancy powerpoint deck

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:04 | 5285223 p00k1e
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Females 'present' right before being poked.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:33 | 5285045 graftvshost
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It's going pro.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:33 | 5285347 nuke ISIS now
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Obama "have to check with the polls, and "intelligence" folks first 4 I can say

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:33 | 5285043 Dr Strangemember
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Did I see Pres Sambo sneeze yesterday during his "Rah Rah, look how awesome the economy (that I built) is doing" speech?  

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:25 | 5285312 nuke ISIS now
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Michelle, I think we Ebol-ed some folks over with the propaganda that thyis thing is contained

 

Yes we can

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:29 | 5285010 Dr. Engali
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Did he jump the white house fence? Please tell me he jumped the fence and puked all over the place.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:29 | 5285026 Doubleguns
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Hopefully in front of all the exits. 

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:48 | 5285130 Billy Sol Estes
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I hope he had it coming out both ends while doing the 'First Lawn' sprint to the entrance of the WH.

 

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:49 | 5285145 krispkritter
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...and they're cleaning it up with pressure washers...

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:17 | 5285266 pods
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Holy crikeys!  I just saw that pic. God I hope they at least bleached it first.  

Why is it that the spread of this virus is going to be left to the likes of Schneider from One Day at a Time?

pods

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:40 | 5285374 Central Bankster
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I wonder if pressure washing infected vomit aerosolizes the Ebola...

 

 

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:11 | 5285249 RacerX
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2 words: Explosive Diarrhea

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:20 | 5285280 Dr Strangemember
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4 words to your 2 words: Ebola Anal Spray Therapy, aka, EAST.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:30 | 5285012 Dr Strangemember
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Yeah!!!!!  DC!!!!!  Let the "CHANGE" begin!  

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:28 | 5285014 Doubleguns
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Washington DC.....please make it Washington DC!!!!

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:43 | 5285102 MsCreant
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It is, I checked. The article should have said so more clearly.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:08 | 5285235 Doubleguns
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Yes it was washington DC. Time to do a jig. 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw1NgzTAJ9U

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 17:53 | 5286592 Jendrzejczyk
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God, yes it's D.C.. The worst part is that it is Howard U Hospital. I went there for stitches for a work related injury and the fucking place had no sutures. I had to drive to Holy Cross Hospital out in Silver Spring, MD to get stitches (I was suspicious that I couldn't get treated because I was the wrong hue). Howard is a fucking mess!

I have been all over that campus and the medical college is so hideous you would not believe. Human remains neglected and leaking all over the place. Now they have to deal with ebola.

Upside: The country is saved because all the senators and congress critters will be dead soon.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:30 | 5285018 stant
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Que the jets to denver

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:44 | 5285118 Billy Sol Estes
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More like, "Here come the warm jets"

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:22 | 5285285 Leraconteur
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I prefer to be driving backwards away from it all on some faraway beach.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:29 | 5285019 world_debt_slave
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nothing to worry about, just go get your flu shot

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:41 | 5285095 Keyser
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There was a time when you got a vaccination to avoid the plague... Today you avoid the vaccination to avoid the plague... Damn that's fucked up... 

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:49 | 5285139 Leonardo Fibonacci2
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go about your business and shop in public places!

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:29 | 5285022 Kassandra
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D.C., not Washington State. That's comforting.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:41 | 5285097 TheReplacement
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Yeah except there are people from all 50 states in DC who have mobility to return to their home states.  I doubt that is as likely for any city in Washington state.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:30 | 5285023 pods
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Seems to be one trait that is common among all of these patients.

Hmmm.  Now what could that be?

pods

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:31 | 5285036 NotApplicable
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"Nigerian, please!"

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:35 | 5285056 Bangalore Equit...
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Listen.

African "COCK" gobblers for $500 Alex?

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:51 | 5285148 MsCreant
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Naughty monkey. ;-)

Has anyone tried to, you know, catch you, cook you, and eat you? 

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:37 | 5285075 pods
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Guy is just sick with worry because he cannot get out his money out of the Nigerian Minerals Ministry without $500 and my bank account number.

On a serious note, "they" said there was a slight chance this bug would come here in the wild by the end of the year.  It made it before they finished speaking.

Why NOT close down all air traffic from Africa?

That would fix two problems. It would limit the spread and damage our false economy so we might get the crash that would allow us to get out from under the moneychangers' grip.

pods

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:47 | 5285133 Herd Redirectio...
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Apparently the engineers and oil industry workers didn't like the idea of being stuck in Africa, and told their respective employers "Get me out of here, or I'm never coming back".

The airlines... Hell, I bet you they have never done better business OUT of Liberia!

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:58 | 5285174 Urban Redneck
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That strategy wouldn't even win the last war (or address the existing ebola case in the US) where the infected transited through Europe. The only way it could work is to actually seal ALL US borders (land, sea and air) and not allow ANYONE in (or out with any right of return) - the rest of the world might actually thank the USSA for such a maneuver if it kept the agents of death in their barracks, but securing the borders is sort of a non-starter.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:04 | 5285224 pods
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If they travelled from or through (insert African Contry) it will say it on your passport.

Pretty simple, if you see a bloody stamp, you go over here to be flung out in the ocean with a trebuchet or some shit like that.

If they came from Europe there would still be a stamp if they came from Africa.

pods

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:29 | 5285326 j0nx
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Agreed. Anyone with a stamp on their passport from ANY country in Africa in the past 30 days gets denied entrance to the USA. Fairly simple actually. That and putting troops on the fucking borders and enforcing our immigration laws. Democrats will be the death of all of us. I've said for many years that political correctness would be the death of the nation. Looks like I may be right.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:55 | 5285445 Urban Redneck
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But that merely delays the inevitable, it doesn't win and doesn't facilitate survival over the intermediate/long term. If any infected person from Africa crosses paths in a transportation or accommodation hub overseas and infects some white person with no West African stamp in their passport, then the ebola still gets in, and CPB is still of a bunch of hapless incompetents that couldn't find their ass with both hands.

I don't see how one wins without 1) taking the idiots out of the equation by 2) locking down the borders to buy time and 3) with that time sending a fuck ton of people on a one-way (until victorious) trip to defeat ebola overseas.

Short of that, one might as well roll the dice and infect themselves with ebola now if the are in the US, while the healthcare infrastructure is still functional and relatively significant resources can be devoted to single cases.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 14:08 | 5285512 pods
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It does not delay the inevitible. It can interrupt the expansion of this outbreak. This is not a new disease.

These things will burn out, just like a wild fire.  Just cannot keep importing carriers to new areas.

pods

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:44 | 5285393 Central Bankster
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But realistically we aren't going to do that.  But you know practical measures that reduce the liklihood of exposing US citizens to Ebola carriers is atleast an improvement over what we have (currently no plan, no protection).

 

You know, a condom isn't going to stop all STDs, but it sure as hell is better than barebacking.  Same premise here.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:30 | 5285025 foodstampbarry
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Hey Obama, you fucking piece of shit, how about closing the borders? 

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:30 | 5285027 Philo Beddoe
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In an abundance of caution. That's rich. 

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:30 | 5285028 jldpc
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"poliotical correctness" will kill all of us. Failure to shut down travel to the US from effected countries - "cause it would hurt their economies" is going to kill YOU & ME.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:32 | 5285039 viahj
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sounds as if it was planned.....

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:49 | 5285140 Herd Redirectio...
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Riddle me this.  Does mass death help an economy?  So shouldn't this be something we aim to prevent???  Hmmm...

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:59 | 5285195 viahj
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we have an economy?  and you cleary are not a Krugman disciple.  just imagine the run on power washers and how that will grow GDP. 

the power brokers will follow the gold East.  the West is over, exccept for the MIC.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:33 | 5285344 ThroxxOfVron
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All of those Social Security and Medicare and ACA subsidy payments might not have to be made after all.

This could be the largest engineered extrication of western governments from insurmountable unfunded pension and health care liabilities and debts in history. 

Who needs to inflate away the liabilities and debts if you can negate the people most of these debts are owed to?

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:37 | 5285066 Dr Strangemember
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Political Correctness = Just say no to common sense and intellegence!  

 

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:31 | 5285037 Consuelo
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New York.   Miami.   Pittsburg.   Seattle.   San Francisco.  Los Angeles.   The next 90 days. Between now & then, keep an eye on the airlines...

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:42 | 5285098 RaceToTheBottom
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Hub system magnifies that by about a million

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 12:58 | 5285188 Kassandra
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It does feel like we're sitting on a ticking time bomb...I hate that feeling.

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