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In reply to the discussion: Ebola: I'm dumbfounded... [View all]PCIntern
(25,659 posts)64. Interesting...
did you ever hear about "Sauce Bearnaise Effect"? Look it up on Wiki if you haven't
The only place I ever got food poisoning in Philly was, and no lie, The Four Seasons Hotel at a New Years Eve Party. Could be your resistance is down and you aren't handling low-level food poisoning as well as you used to. There was a luncheonette in Town here where the food was always a little 'off'. Some people would eat the tuna salad and get sick, others would not. They finally closed. A friend of mine ran into John and Yoko there when they were hosting The Mike Douglas Show years ago. He was sitting on a stool at the counter and asked the guy to his right to pass the ketchup and WOW!
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You're right. The only rational solution is to just stay under the bed (please take extra underwear)
PSPS
Oct 2014
#1
Viruses and bacteria are so prevalent because there are billions of them everywhere...
Avalux
Oct 2014
#5
Do you know the lifespan of the Ebola virus outside a host? Also..I wonder what chemicals...
BlueJazz
Oct 2014
#21
Also, I'm cutting the people who are minimizing the potential risks some slack
ecstatic
Oct 2014
#22
I think the danger is significant that it will spread here, yet I am not all that worried.
Chemisse
Oct 2014
#29
"Colds, various flus, childhood diseases, parasitic worms, head lice"
customerserviceguy
Oct 2014
#41
if it gets bad enough, Americans will start wearing masks and gloves esp. on public transportation
librechik
Oct 2014
#56
i'm not saying it can never be spread to people who had no idea they came into contact with
unblock
Oct 2014
#68