Ebola Has Arrived In The U.S. - Do You Have It?

[onehandle]

Signs and symptoms typically begin abruptly within five to 10 days of infection with Ebola virus. Early signs and symptoms include:

Fever
Severe headache
Joint and muscle aches
Chills
Weakness

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/ebola-virus/basics/symptoms/con-20031241

I have very slight 'Joint and muscle aches.' Probably has nothing to do with the 30 mile bike ride I took yesterday morning.

Clearly, I have Ebola.

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[msanthrope]

1. I'm just getting over the Anthrax poisoning I had in 2001. nt

[onehandle]

2. I had that too.

The worst was the Disco Fever I had in the 70s.

[msanthrope]

3. I thought the mass healing at Comiskey Park cured everyone....

[Logical]

4. You think this is a funny topic? Really? nt

[eShirl]

7. One of the functions of humor is

4. Defense against fear and anxiety

By laughing at things which frighten us we bring the under control and render them less menacing. Typical is Woody Allen’s comment, ‘It’s not that I’m afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens’ (Dorinson 1986). Gallows humor, ‘black’ humor and jokes about disasters (such as those circulating shortly after the space shuttle blue up on a television mission) operate as a king of defense mechanism. Self-disparagement, a form of humor that is the specialty of certain comedians such as Woody Allen, may be adaptive in the same way (for the joke teller as well as the audience).
- See more at: http://theunboundedspirit.com/the-5-functions-of-humor-psychology-of-humor/#sthash.nojEqpGw.dpuf

[Louisiana1976]

57. Exactly. You either laugh or you cry.

[magical thyme]

8. I suspect this is in response to some people's extreme reactions to the return

of the sick patients to the US.

I have found it saddening to see how many people here on DU have reacted with near paranoia and insisting they should not be allowed to come back here for treatment.

[Louisiana1976]

58. It is sad when they're better off coming here for treatment. The medics know what measures

to take to prevent the spread of the virus--better than those in Liberia where they came from.

[moriah]

62. They're our people. Now, why we didn't build a level 4 lab on an outlying island for ....

.... such an eventuality is beyond me, instead of building two near major cities, but it doesn't change the facts as they stand now.

Actually, I know why... no one took Ebola very seriously because every outbreak seemed to be self-contained before.

[jberryhill]

12. Irrational fears of the hair-on-fire crowd are legitimate targets

Yes, I think people hiding under their beds because two patients are being brought in under appropriate controls for treatment is not only worthy of ridicule, but should be.

[pipi_k]

19. OK now this makes me sad

and I'll tell you why.

I suffer from what I know are irrational fears as a result of anxiety disorders.

I've been a member of a few online sites for people with anxiety disorders, and know lots of people who have them.

We often amuse ourselves by joking about all the diseases we have "had", or currently "have".

But we can do that.

People who don't have the same fears...well...IMO, they don't get the same privilege. It's like laughing at someone for their disabilities.

So I started out laughing at this thread because I identified with the paranoia, until it occurred to me that some of the replies here might not be so much about identifying with the hypochondria, but about laughing at people who have to suffer with it each and every day of their lives.

Not cool

[notadmblnd]

48. It's not about you

I don't mean that in any unkind way. However, the OP has nothing to do with you personally.

If it were posted in one of your online sites for people with anxiety disorders, you would be justified in your offense.

[Warren DeMontague]

69. Maybe others intend it differently, but I'm laughing at myself, here.

I catch every damn horrible thing I hear about on the news, at least in my head. It sucks.

[MFM008]

52. no

ebola is one of the worst diseases on the face of the planet..so what do we do about it? Sit in the basement, duct tape the place shut?

[eShirl]

5. maybe; it's either ebola or menopause

[MineralMan]

6. I have every fatal disease known to mankind.

I've had all of them for decades. Truly. Whenever symptoms are described, I recognize them immediately as something I have experienced. That I have survived all of those deadly diseases means that I am immortal, I'm sure.

[Ilsa]

22. You should patent your blood serum...

Where has MineralMan been, anyway???

[MineralMan]

24. I'm not posting as frequently these days.

Too much work to do.

[FSogol]

34. I'm immortal because all of my important organs are soaking in alcohol just like

those specimens in jars.

[MineralMan]

37. Good move. Nothing can grow in alcohol.

You'll be very well-preserved as you grow older.

[TwilightGardener]

9. You just know someone's going to call in sick to work with it.

[magical thyme]

10. well I just learned that I was exposed a short while ago when the plane refueled in Bangor, Maine

So I'm monitoring for symptoms now. I don't expect to begin showing them for at least 2 days, so I'm thinking maybe I should quick head up to Rockland for the Lobster Festival while I still can...

[In_The_Wind]

15. Great. Sharing at the Festival should be fun.

[MineralMan]

39. Lobster is a well-know cure for Ebola. Eat up!

I'm very jealous of you, I must say.

Live long, and prosper!

[Ilsa]

11. Donald Trump is afraid his hair will contract ebola.

Nevermind that the precautions being taken at Emory are better than nearly any hospital in the US, or that the Dr and nurse with it have the best chance of recovering from it here.

Oh yeah, the best reason no one here has ebola is that they have only just now arrived with the first patient.

But Donald wants them to go away.

[pinboy3niner]

14. I hadn't heard he'd weighed in on this, so I looked it up:

What an ass!

Donald Trump: Keep out Ebola victims

By SARAH SMITH | 8/1/14 10:32 AM EDT Updated: 8/1/14 12:27 PM EDT

Donald Trump has a message for the Ebola patient coming to the United States for treatment: Stay out.

“Ebola patient will be brought to the U.S. in a few days — now I know for sure that our leaders are incompetent,” Trump tweeted Thursday night. “KEEP THEM OUT OF HERE!”

...

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/ebola-us-donald-trump-reaction-109636.html

[Ilsa]

20. Thank you for posting that story. I had

read about the tweet and thought the same thing about him being a self-centered asshole.

[pinboy3niner]

26. You're welcome

Thanks for the heads-up.

[MineralMan]

40. He's safe. Ebola is transmitted through direct contact,

and nobody wants to go anywhere near Donald Trump, so he's good.

[Louisiana1976]

59. True.

[Shrike47]

64. They're Americans. They live here. How would he suggest we 'keep them out?'

Can we keep HIM out? I'd vote for that.

[pscot]

65. And get off my lawn!

[LiberalElite]

63. If it did -

it could only be an improvement.

[Zorra]

13. Probably not, but I don't know for sure. Ask me again in about 10 days and I'll

be able to give you a more accurate answer about this.

[Squinch]

23. Up to 21 days. With 5% of patients having a longer incubation period than that.

[Zorra]

42. Thanks for that info, Squinch.

[RiffRandell]

16. Hey, it's a great excuse to call in sick. nt

[FSogol]

33. Yo, boss, I got Ebola and will be out this week. What's that? You want me to drop by with a

doctor's note? No Problem!

[RiffRandell]

41. Lmao! I'd stretch it a couple weeks, though.

Have to make sure you're "safe" to return to work.

[RiffRandell]

17. My husband went to a crowded theater in the metro Atlanta area today

with 4 kids; 2 are mine. Check back. They saw Guardians of the Galaxy....loved it.

[jambo101]

18. Currently

From what i'm seeing on CNN it seems one doctor who came down with the virus while working in west Africa was flown back to the USA for treatment.

[MFM008]

53. I saw him

walking under his own power which they said was a good sign.

[NuclearDem]

21. I do.

THANKS OBAMA

[RiffRandell]

27. Lmao! nt

[WinkyDink]

25. Wow. What passes for "clever" these days. I'm not dead from Climate Change, either.

[pinboy3niner]

29. When you think about it, I doubt you'll defend that ridiculous equivalence. nt

[WinkyDink]

50. Fine. Let's just trust the CDC! (Well, we have no choice.)

[840high]

66. Hahaha

[BillZBubb]

28. I got it when one of them dirty, infected, little illegal immigrant kids passed by a few miles away.

They got that Ebola, don't cha know.

[RiffRandell]

30. The sad part is Republicans would believe that. nt

[Louisiana1976]

60. Yeah.They're that stupid.

[msongs]

31. wanted- DU volunteers to host multiple ebola infected persons. put aside your "irrational fears"

and join the fun hosting people with active and ongoing ebola symptoms.

[RiffRandell]

36. What about an ebola support group?

If this shit gets loose, I'm going to hell. Don't worry...I'll contract it fast living 35 minutes from Atlanta.

[FSogol]

32. I have Ebola Milk Stout, but am out of Ebola IPA. Should I panic?

[pinboy3niner]

38. I Amstel on the fence on that question

[FSogol]

43. You pint want to form an opinion before Ebola hoppens to you.

[pinboy3niner]

46. Not to worry...

I already got my Shotz.

[Silent3]

35. I've got me some old-school bola, and that's working fine for me.

Take your fancy new ebola and get off of my lawn.

[denbot]

44. AAAaaaiiiiiiiiiii'eeeeeeeee!!!

Oh wait, the can says Coca C-O-L-A, not Coca E-B-O-L-A.. Whew.

[L0oniX]

45. First they came for my Ecigs. Now they are coming for my Ebol-a-weed.

[RiffRandell]

47. WE HAVE GOT TO FIND THAT MONKEY!

I remember watching this live...it was after Outbreak came out. I'm going to hell.

[Warren DeMontague]

68. ***

[awoke_in_2003]

49. I've got a fever...

and the only prescription is more cowbell.

[SummerSnow]

51. Yes, I have all these symptoms..

Fever Severe headache Joint and muscle aches Chills Weakness


But it didn't come from Ebola, it came from Repubola virus


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[RiffRandell]

54. Good one! nt

[Louisiana1976]

55. Nope. Except for my left hip which aches when I walk I feel fine.

[Strelnikov_]

56. . . sounds kinda like a Budweiser hangover n/t

[elias49]

61. Didn't Michelle Bachman say the President was going to use those refugee kids

for experiments?? Maybe that's why they brought ebola here.
Thank goodness Im not one of them! I already have arthritis!

[Warren DeMontague]

67. I'm hoping that the hantavirus I caught while camping in Yosemite will kill it.

[RiffRandell]

70. Jesus Christ.