Ebola on the loose in NYC

[woolldog]

Doctor diagnosed with Ebola had "not been feeling well for a few days"

He went bowling anyway. 8 million people in close proximity. Ebola. In NYC. Proof that a travel ban is way overdue. We're doomed.

[Takket]

1. I can't even process the stupidity.

[markpkessinger]

19. I have a much harder time with the stupidity of the OP! n/t

[uppityperson]

2. OMG! OMG! OMG!

[flamingdem]

3. Ebola rode the E, the A and

The L train according to the presser taking place on the tele now.

[LiberalElite]

5. and then it

jumped on some people who then rode the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, B, C, D, G, M, N, Q, R, and Times Square/GCT Shuttle trains. Maybe it transferred to a crosstown bus! Maybe the LIRR! Maybe it took the PATH to Jersey City! AAAAAAAAGH Maybe we can all self-quarantine for the next 3 weeks!

Seriously, there are so many other bad things that could actually happen to me that Ebola is waaaaay down on my worry "to do" list.

[Renew Deal]

7. I saw Ebola riding a citibike near Battery Park

It got on a ferry to the Statue of Liberty. Even Ebola wouldn't go to Staten Island voluntarily.

[LiberalElite]

8. LOL!!!

Reminds me - I left off SIRT - Staten Island Rapid Transit. But that's the forgotten borough anyway.....I'm going to forget it again now.

[alcibiades_mystery]

9. ROFL

This native New Yorker says

[dixiegrrrrl]

18. It jumped out at me from the pages of the NYT...

on my computer!

Boy, THAT was a close call.

[Skraxx]

36. I Saw Ebola Drinking a Pina Collada at Trader Vics

and it's hair was perfect.

[DanTex]

39. LOL. Everyone take cover on the Staten Island Ferry!

[RebelOne]

4. You are spreading panic. n/t

[Warpy]

6. The only way to do that is ground all passenger flights.

You sure you want to go there?

If you're that frightened, try to think of Mr. Duncan's family. They stayed in close proximity to him when he was extremely contagious after the hospital had turned him away.

None of them got sick.

You won't, either.

[Barack_America]

12. Hey man, don't harsh our hysteria here.

[Warpy]

15. LOL!!

I just get so sick and tired of this stuff, especially when it's coming from people who could read and inform themselves and from opportunistic politicians playing the Chicken Little game in the 10 days before an election.

[rug]

10. The virus will not survive the ride.

[morningfog]

11. No it is not. Good grief.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

13. Did he rent bowling shoes???? What size????

[seabeyond]

14. He didn't go bowling when not feeling well. He isolated when not feeling well

You op is irresponsible

[Warpy]

16. Thank you.

It's nice to have somebody else trying to throw cold water on people who have their hair on fire over this.

[LeftyMom]

17. I heard he hung around the nineeleven museum fondling the merchandise.

Your commemorative cheese plate could be your doom!

[Shankapotomus]

20. Bowling with Ebola

La lala Laaa

Sounds like a new hit song.

[SheilaT]

28. No, a new Michael Moore movie!

[underpants]

31. Take the skinheads eboling take them eboling

Camper Van Beethoven song "Take the Skinheads Bowling"

[FSogol]

35. +1 n/t

[a la izquierda]

44. ...

[Katashi_itto]

21. Go Ebola!

[Codeine]

22. Ebolas ate my baby! nt

[msanthrope]

23. I am not joking when I tell you I was searching for this

clip as I was reading the OP...

[Codeine]

24. Great minds. . . nt

[msanthrope]

43. Flattery will get you everywhere. nt

[La Lioness Priyanka]

26. LOVE IT!!!!!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

25. no. no. and more no.

we are not doomed. a travel ban is idiotic. there is really no need to panic.

and before one asks, i live in brooklyn and take the L train and go to the gutter to watch lisa bowling.

so just stop with all the drama.

[Skraxx]

27. I'm Torn Between Dressing as an Ebola Viral Strand for Halloween or

An ebola victim with real projectile vomiting and diarrhea. I just can't make up my mind. I'm leaning towards the victim as the insane irreverent tastlessness of the idea is quite appealing to me, but it might require too much Ex-lax and ipecac for me to handle.

[SheilaT]

29. I'm guessing you simply neglected

the sarcasm thingy.

[valerief]

30. You forgot your sarcasm tag.

[IDemo]

32. -

[HockeyMom]

33. Some people could NEVER live in NYC

given how terrified they are of catching ANYTHING from strangers. I was born in 1948 and lived there until 1987. Try to guess how many times I saw people vomit on the subway platforms, in the cars, on the streets. Forget being crowded like a sardine in those cars and have somebody sneeze right in your face. They could not move their arms to cover their faces.

Quarantine 8 million people? Self-quarantine for colds, flu, etc., also.? Not going to happen. Personally, I think with all those germs being all around it probably builds up people's natural immunity to a lot of things.

New Yorkers are a tough lot and this is not going to have them hiding in their apartments in fear. I am back in NY visiting my kids for a couple of weeks. We will just go about doing what we planned to do. I am flying back from JFK. Will the moron Space Alien quarantine me flying in Florida from NY? He better NOT.

[woolldog]

45. I've lived in NYC

Awful city. It stinks. It's dirty. The people are rude and loud and have awful accents. And it's noisy. Ugh.

[FSogol]

34. The sky is falling!

[upaloopa]

37. Did you forget the sarcasm smilie?

Or do you not pay attention to what the doctors said last night in the press conference?

[snooper2]

38. How do you fit 8 million people in a bowling alley?

use one of these LOL

[DanTex]

40. He came to the US from Belgium.

Unless you want to ban travel from Europe also, then it wouldn't have stopped this one.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

41. also disallowing essential personnel from flying back and forth

is literally going to make a pandemic out of ebola.

it is the single dumbest idea that one could implement.

[Cal Carpenter]

42. Yeah, you're right, he probably infected 8 million people

We're doomed. It is too late. We're all gonna die.

Except that he probably didn't infect anyone, and as long as the hospital uses proper protocols, he probably won't.

It's not proof of anything.

It really seems like some people are determined to see ebola take over the US. It's so twisted. There are things to worry about, and ebola is one of them, our shaky healthcare infrastructure is part of that, but the sky is not falling, and this doctor didn't do anything wrong. He self-monitored, and he reported in when he had symptoms. He is under medical care now. The system is actually working pretty well.

Wtf, man.