This just showed up on the Boston Globe site -

[TheCowsCameHome]

https://www.statnews.com/2016/07/19/norovirus-republican-convention-cleveland/

Anything to it?

Edit: Added this link to Boston Globe website - http://www.bostonglobe.com/

[NCTraveler]

1. Wouldn't the test results be back within hours? Nt

[Motown_Johnny]

6. Republican Governor there.

It might take months.

[Hortensis]

24. That fondness for cutting waste? Incubation period

according to the CDC is 12-48 hours, median 33.

[Motown_Johnny]

37. Like how they always want to cut the CDC budget...

... but have one person show up in America with Ebola and watch how they act.


Same old incompetence, new situation.

[Hortensis]

41. Sure. Incubation would be for those exposed who

aren't tested, or who come up positive. When I think of what the Republicans are trying to do, both very intentionally and just going-along 1930s Germany style, I have very uncharitable thoughts.

Speaking of, Hillary's "Role Models" ad ran just before the start of the convention on MSNBC.

[PJMcK]

2. Thought it was Borowitz! (n/t)

[Salviati]

3. Not surprising, given what a shitshow it's turning out to be.

Watch out for e coli outbreaks too guys!

[Sanity Claws]

11. Shitshow - my mind jumped to that same term

RNC put the California delegates in the far away hotel. Makes you wonder.

[JenniferJuniper]

4. If so, that is nasty. Spreads like wildfire

Maybe there is a God....

[nolabear]

21. I swear, I'm beginning to wonder. Maybe that voodoo candle I lit is working.

[vegetarian x]

5. Oh, I'm sure hand sanitizer at the Sandusky hotel will fix everything that ails the RNC.

[GeorgeGist]

7. Not surprising when ...

you spend half your time with head up ass.

[rjsquirrel]

8. Why doesn't your link go where your title says?

What's "statnews" and why isn't there a link to Boston.com?

[TwilightZone]

9. Yeah, was wondering that myself.

Doesn't seem to have anything to do with the Boston Globe.

[etherealtruth]

14. Its a life science site launched by the Boston Globe

http://www.npr.org/2015/11/04/454692304/boston-globe-owner-launches-stat-news-site-covering-life-sciences

The links with The Globe are impossible to ignore. Stat's stories run in the paper's pages, yet Stat News is a separate startup free of the obligations to worry about printing costs or union contracts or the historic expectations advertisers and readers might have for an existing newspaper. Some Globe journalists express ambivalence. They're delighted to have Stat's expertise in their pages, but last month, the company laid off and bought out dozens from newsroom jobs and the juxtaposition stings. Berke says, you have to distinguish between the two outlets - one regional, one with broader ambitions.

[TheCowsCameHome]

17. I've added a second link, for your viewing pleasure.

[rjsquirrel]

26. OK thank you

Makes sense now. One cannot be too careful following unknown links anymore!

[TheCowsCameHome]

28. Agreed.

[Rose Siding]

10. I miss the Duzy awards

This thread would be a contender.

Thanks Obama

[brooklynite]

12. Confirmed by the Sandusky Register

http://www.sanduskyregister.com/Politics/2016/07/19/Calif-GOP-staying-at-Kalahari-dealing-with-virus.html?ci=stream&lp=4&p=

[Wednesdays]

13. The virus is spread via the fecal-oral route

The jokes just write themselves.

[grossproffit]

43. Handling food without properly washing hands.

[Cirque du So-What]

15. Attending that dog's breakfast of a convention

would be enough to induce explosive diarrhea & vomiting of its own accord.

[MyNameGoesHere]

16. Well when you play with poop..

The norovirus is transmitted through fecal material. Common symptoms include headaches, diarrhea and dehydration.

[lapucelle]

19. We had an outbreak at my workplace.

We had to close, deep clean, and disinfect.

[PatSeg]

20. So, who is to blame

Obama or Hillary???

[glennward]

22. Hillary. This is how she goes after her enemies.

[PatSeg]

25. Yeah

Some fool said that is how Hillary goes after strong women.

[Her Sister]

23. Woah! This convention is the gift that keeps on giving!

The shit-show that keeps on Crapping all over the place & in unexpected ways!

[MichiganVote]

27. Must be Clinton's fault. For real.

[mahina]

29. I'm sorry for them. Not clicking on a statnews link so thanks for the Globe link.

[etherealtruth]

30. STAT news is an affiliate (or arm) of the Boston Globe n/t

[mahina]

31. Thanks. I'm familiar with the situation, and the journalist layoffs. Don't mean to be an ass about

It though.

By the way, what's the r-o-r image. Curious. Mahalo!

[etherealtruth]

33. Its a crude drawing an ether molecule (very crude) :-)

[mahina]

34. Thanks! I'm so ignorant about chemistry.

But am a big Hunter S. Thompson fan.

“The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. And I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon. Probably at the next gas station.”
-Melania Trump

[etherealtruth]

35. Hahahahaha :-)

[Doctor Jack]

32. .....Bawhahahahahahahaha!

...No I'm sorry this is serio.....BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!


As a sign of respect, I'll light a candle for them

[caquillo]

38. To eliminate the stench?

[JoeOtterbein]

36. Noroviruses spread like wild-fire...

...they are very hardy, clump together and can last longer than four hours on objects like door handles and faucets. Also, contrary to the article, it can also be spread by vomit and become air-borne when the infected coughs and/or vomits or defecates.

Not a pretty picture.

[Gothmog]

39. Why am I not surprised by this outcome

A plague on all your houses has a new meaning now

[ailsagirl]

40. Here, too

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-07-19/possible-norovirus-outbreak-at-gop-convention

[Doremus]

42. I feel for them.

I came down with norovirus at Disney World last year. It stole 3 days of my vaca then hubby got it and was out of commission until we left.

DD and her hubby got it after we all got back. Horrible virus.