Norovirus outbreak reported among GOP convention staffers

[kpete]

A handful of Republican staff members in Cleveland for the GOP convention were reported to be suffering Tuesday from a possible norovirus infection.

And if there are a few people with norovirus, it’s likely there will be more.
https://www.statnews.com/2016/07/19/norovirus-republican-convention-cleveland/

Norovirus, for those who are unfamiliar with it, is a massively contagious and unpleasant but usually non-life-threatening ailment that turns cruise ships into giant vomit-filled shit canoes.

If Uday and Qusay Trump appear on stage tonight and open their mouths to sing their horrid racist father’s praises but instead emit twin streams of projectile vomit while simultaneously shitting their pants, I will reconsider my lifelong atheism.

https://www.balloon-juice.com/2016/07/19/a-literal-shitshow/
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-california-republicans-norovirus-20160719-snap-story.html

[Person 2713]

1. Where's Pat Robinson or whoever fundie always declares-God has sent a plague on them!

Barf on repukes

[Iggo]

2. "...vomit-filled shit canoes."

Worth it, just for that.

[Orrex]

13. I agree.

That's poetry.


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[Stinky The Clown]

3. Who coined the phrase "vomit filled shit canoe????

OMG

I have been laughing too too hard today. This is one more cap on a great day!

[LisaM]

4. I don't even wish it on them.....

I've had a bout of it, and (even though I didn't get it on a cruise) I can't even look at a cruise ship without my stomach knotting up. I hope that they manage to contain it.

It's, at least, mercifully short - usually 24 hours, maybe 48.

[C_U_L8R]

5. Shit happens

The atmosphere was already so toxic inside the convention center, it was bound to break out

[milestogo]

6. I got norovirus on a business trip

Not sure if I picked it up on the flight or from the hotel room, but it was a miserable couple of days.

[Wednesdays]

7. I'm convinced I caught a nasty virus

from a (non-political) convention around 7 years ago. I had a fever and relentless cough for an entire month.
Conventions are notorious hotbeds for spreading bugs.

[MANative]

8. So now it's literally a "shit show"!

Seriously, though, norovirus isn't fun. Had a bout with it about 4 years ago - one of the worst 24 hours of my life!

[Cirque du So-What]

9. That would make a believer out of me too

BTW, nausea is a positive feedback loop, meaning that the convention floor could well erupt in an impromptu variation of 'the wave.'

[Spider Jerusalem]

10. That makes me think of the pie-eating contest in "Stand By Me" (n/t)

[MidwestTransplant]

11. Que Stand By Me

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[trotsky]

12. "Uday and Qusay Trump"

[deminks]

14. OK, who did not wash their hands? nt

[Chakab]

15. How long before Hillary and Obama get blamed publicly for it?

[book_worm]

16. Boy what a great convention!

[Warren DeMontague]

17. There's only so much bullshit the human animal can safely swallow.

[cleanhippie]

18. I read that it started in Larry Craig's no-host event in the men's room.

Tsk tsk tsk. Always wash your hands after using the bathroom!

[Laffy Kat]

19. . . . .

That was funny.

[Initech]

20. OMG this convention is a gold mine of material.

[Crunchy Frog]

21. PLEASE God!

[aintitfunny]

22. They are just watching

the nauseating chaos of the Republican Convention.

[bucolic_frolic]

23. Heaveland in Cleveland

What a shame for the Repukes!

[Eleanors38]

32. Now, you're just projecting.

[SCantiGOP]

24. Hah! kpete:

If that happens, I will join your prayer circle.

[ailsagirl]

25. A pox on your convention!!

(Nearly) everything that can go wrong... has

scha·den·freu·de
ˈSHädənˌfroidə
noun
pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune.

[jtuck004]

26. Inshallah n/t

[meow2u3]

27. A shitstorm--in both senses of the word

[kairos12]

28. One, two,three....Blame Obama. A strange sounding alien virus crossed our borders.

[get the red out]

29. I figured they would have a shitty convention

Kind of sickening.

[Dirty Socialist]

30. Will Jeff Gannon show up in Cleveland?

Might as well...

[Eleanors38]

31. Nah, you mistake their speeches for the virus.