PUKIN' in CLEVELAND: Possible Norovirus Outbreak at GOP Convention

[MADem]

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

Possible Norovirus Outbreak at GOP Convention
Health officials are reportedly investigating Republican convention guests infected with a vomiting bug.

Health officials in Cleveland on Tuesday were investigating a possible norovirus outbreak at the Republican National Convention after 11 attendees reported symptoms of the disease that causes vomiting and diarrhea, according to reports.

Erie County Health Commissioner Peter Schade told STAT News health publication that his team is running norovirus tests on the 11 potentially infected attendees at their hotel in Sandusky, Ohio, about an hour from the convention in Cleveland. ... The virus causes several days of symptoms including nausea, fever, aches and stomach pain, and “can spread quickly in closed places,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Doug Sovern, a reporter for a CBS affiliate in San Francisco attending the convention, tweeted on Tuesday that “about a dozen” members of the California Republican delegation have been quarantined from the rest of the convention as a precaution. Sovern also posted on Twitter that California delegates have stopped shaking hands for fear of spreading the infection to the thousands of Republican attendees visiting from around the U.S.

[Xipe Totec]

1. A whole new meaning to the term Repuke. nt

[MADem]

4. Ha ha ha!!!!

[meow2u3]

32. You beat me to it

[TheBlackAdder]

45. With all of the shit exiting their mouths, I'm surprised it's not an outbreak of E. coli!

[SDJay]

2. Clearly Jesus Is Angry

or such would be the talking point for some if this had happened next week.

I may use it anyway. The wingnut clowns I know are already having a tough enough day/week/campaign.

Time to tell them that God hates their asses.

[L. Coyote]

18. #RepukinginCLE may be trending soon.

[MADem]

36. They probably blame Dr. Carson's pal, LUCIFER!

I think his mention of the fellow was a first -- at least for this century and maybe the last -- at a political convention!

[L. Coyote]

51. Search Lucifer on Twitter and Ben Carson is the top return. LOL Sweet Irony.

And the top News is Republican Convention. You just can't make this stuff up.

[MADem]

59. That IS sweet irony! ha ha...! nt

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

3. Thanks Obama!

[zazen]

8. He not only caused Melania to plagiarize his wife's speech, but he planted norovirus in the BR!

What an evil mastermind!

[bluestateguy]

5. Obama's Thugs sabatoged the convention!

nt

[MADem]

6. LOL!!!!!!!

[bullwinkle428]

12. Trust me - you know one of those assholes will claim "ISIS bio-terrorism"!

[MADem]

38. Either that or .... ALIENS!

And of course, it's a government conspiracy, because the government knows where they live, and even gives them lodging up at Area 51!

[L. Coyote]

20. The Republicans have clearly moved on. It's Hillary's fault now.

But they are still working on how to word it since there are two Clintons, they are sort of stumped.

[C_U_L8R]

7. The body naturally reacts to toxic stuff

And they got enough toxic stuff at the GOP convention
to make anyone puke

[tanyev]

9. So..anybody know what the giant meteorite forecast looks like?

[MADem]

11. Slated to rain down on ... Cleveland????

[baldguy]

10. Maybe they just saw the list of scheduled speakers.

[greatauntoftriplets]

13. They're making me want to hurl.

And I'm in Chicago.

Gag, Chris Christie is on. I'm grabbing a bucket.

[MADem]

16. Didn't one of his co-conspirators just cop a plea?

He's asking "Guilty or not guilty?" but I would not be surprised if his buddy tosses him to the wolves in exchange for a reduced sentence.

[greatauntoftriplets]

17. I'd love to see Christie do a perp walk.

Looking at the audience is downright sickening, too. They look like true believers at a revival meeting. I guess that is sort of what this is, though.

[MADem]

39. That's EXACTLY what it is--true believers, believing as hard as they can! nt

[Logical]

14. Sort of childish to me we make fun of people being sick. Weird. nt

[MADem]

15. Sort of weird to me that you wouldn't see the schadenfreude in it.

These are anti-choice, anti-gay haters we're talking about. These aren't sweet people who want the very best for you and me. These are people who would as soon see Democrats dead--or working for a lower minimum wage than is the federal standard now.



I will save my sobbing sympathy for Democrats who can't access federal assistance and services because of the hate-filled short - sightedness of state and federal REPUBLICAN actors.

smh. Go on with your bad self, though....

[Logical]

19. How sick is ok? Near death? Die? Just curious. nt

[MADem]

21. Aren't you good at making stuff up!

No one is "near death? Die?" so perhaps you can stop stuffing the straw in those old clothes, eh?

Cleveland is that - a - way if you want to take them some aspirin and chicken soup.

What's curious is why you care about these people so intensely.

They certainly don't care about us.

[Logical]

23. Hospital visit ok? Or that is too much? Attacking their views is one thing, making fun of illness...

is something else.

If they made fun of people sick at our convention we would think they were terrible. Which they would be.

I would tell you to self delete but I think you are enjoying this too much.

[MADem]

24. Still stuffing that straw, are you?

Tell you what--you do the research, since you're so "concerned," and get back to us.

I'd tell YOU to self-delete, but you plainly can't see how very obvious your remarks are, and that's your problem, not mine.

You will encounter disappointment on occasion. That's life.

Have a nice day, now.

[Logical]

25. well, 2 of the women were pregnant! And went to hospital. Still funny? nt

[MADem]

26. I will repeat what I said to you upthread: Have a nice day, now. nt

[Logical]

27. That is what I figured. At least you learned a lesson. Have a nice day also. nt

[MADem]

28. Third time the charm? Keep your little "lessons." Have a nice day, now. nt

[Logical]

29. At least this thread died. nt

[MADem]

35. Not when you keep kicking it. nt

[JustAnotherGen]

64. Or when I do - kick it that is

[MADem]

92. LOL! nt

[Hekate]

55. Nah. I'm looking for an update. I already said I hope it spreads like the plague...

...and that I hope locusts will follow.

Now you can put me on ignore too. Ta ta.

[displacedtexan]

73. I just got here, but this thread is alive and kicking.

And being kicked, as well.

[R B Garr]

87. Kick.

There is nothing wrong with pointing out what a clusterf**k this whole entire convention is. Hasn't it been horrible? But don't worry...the main story is still Melania's plagiarism.

[Hekate]

88. Morning kick from California. It's not fatal: apparently the afflicted just wish it was for awhile.

I fondly recall how the GOP first ignored the AIDS crisis and then rejoiced that AIDS was God's Own Judgment on those awful gays. Get the picture now? And AIDS was 100% fatal.

[MADem]

91. You got that right. The norovirus is nature's "deep cleanse."

It clears you out from one end to another.

But it sure as hell ain't HIV, which Reagan ignored while reviling the sufferers. It ain't even the zika virus, which affects pregnant women most cruelly. It's just unpleasant--which means it's really appropriate as the standard-bearing illness of one of the most unpleasant organizations in the world--The GOP.

[Maru Kitteh]

98. Kick!

[ismnotwasm]

69. Republican women?

The ones that want to take away my right to choose?

Yeah, it's pretty funny.

[brer cat]

72. Kick for the thread

and a rec for this post.

[JustAnotherGen]

75. Amen Sister!

[gopiscrap]

42. thank you!

[cosmicone]

50. It is called macabre humor

and it is legitimate when the target is your political or military enemies.

The bigger question is -- did someone designate you to be a Trump/Republican defender or are you choosing to do it of your own volition?

[MADem]

61. Really! You'd think it was the ZIKA virus, what with all the "concern!"

Of course, the zika virus is the one that the GOP Congress managed to crush the funding for us fighting it, because they wanted to add all sorts of unrelated anti-choice legislation into the bill, making it a nonstarter from our side.

[BobbyDrake]

66. What "people?" All I see are conservatives whose lives and careers based on hate make them deserving

of all the bad things in this world that happen to them. Just because a horse's ass catches a temporary cold doesn't stop it from being a horse's ass.

No tears or sympathy for GOP hatemongers here. JackPineRadicals could probably help you out, though. The mask fell right off and they're an open pro-Trump site now.

[Cary]

68. Your righteous indignation is duly noted

So awesome that you regard yourself as being so much better.

[treestar]

77. The OP doesn't make fun of anyone

There are some comments on Jesus being angry, but then right wingers are the ones who claim that when something like AIDS happens to other people.

[Logical]

80. Lol, they do this to us next week and we would whine like babies. Nt

[treestar]

81. I don't think so

If people got sick at the D convention we would expect right wingers to hypocritically claim God was showing his displeasure, while ignoring the fact they had an outbreak meant God was upset at them too.

[Logical]

82. Bullshit, and you kmow it. We would say how mean they were for being happy.....

People are sick, etc.

Such a double standard.

[treestar]

83. The Republicans don't have a double standard?

That's what the discussion is about.

[Logical]

84. They do, so you like us laughing about sick people? And posting it? Why not attack....

Their stances? Shit, pregnant women went to hospital and we are loving it!

[treestar]

85. No we are not

I don't see anyone laughing. Just pointing to Republicans hypocrisy and what they would say. I have no doubt they would be laughing or worse claiming that God disfavored us and it was a sign while it was not for them.

[Logical]

86. And we would say they are assholes for saying it. Nt

[Haveadream]

96. It is difficult to have sympathy for those who would deny the most basic health care to others

There are millions of men, women, children and babies, pregnant women and elderly, middle class and poor who cannot afford the most basic health insurance or even a doctor visit. People who have lost everything: homes, jobs, security, income, their very lives, because of illnesses they could not afford to treat.

The people who can afford to go to the hospital are fortunate; what would they do without the means to do that? There are so many who are suffering and dying right now, today, because they don't have the medical care they need and the REPUBLICANS DON"T CARE and are trying to take away the help they do have. The people at the convention who are sick actively support a heartless system that has no compassion for those who deserve the most.

[Logical]

97. They are assholes, but cheering sickness is what the GOP would do. Stupid of us acting like them. nt

[AgadorSparticus]

22. Not surprised. Wasn't there an awful stench of bananas and mildew?

[MADem]

47. LOL--they supposedly didn't get it from the stage--but from the hotel or

water park, which is an hour's drive away!

For those who are confused about the reference, a link:

http://gawker.com/the-main-republican-convention-stage-apparently-smells-1783862251

There is a foul odor emanating from the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, and folks—it isn’t the party platform. This morning, just before the start of the convention, a police officer conversed with a dispatcher about the distinct smell of “rotten bananas and mildew” wafting out of the arena’s banjo-shaped stage. That back-and-forth, broadcast via police scanner, is captured above........

[AgadorSparticus]

48. What a clusterf*uck! Thanks for the explanation.

[Ilsa]

30. They'll blame it on immigrants.

Every time a virus breaks out in one of our schools, locals blame it on Texans who go visit family in Mexico. Nevermind they have no proof or facts.

[MADem]

34. From what I've read, it came here from California courtesy of a CA delegation staffer.

The staffer passed it to a spouse, and, of the 36 staffers who were in the area ahead of the main delegation, 12 got ill in short order. They were quarantined in the hotel.

They're all in a hotel an hour away from Cleveland--it's a "resort" with a water park feature (so maybe that's the source, who really knows?). Some say they are being punished because CA never goes blue--like it's their fault, but those guys are known for their vindictiveness...!

Anyway, as soon as they stop poopin' and pukin', they'll be able to enjoy the delights of the area.

More here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/07/19/norovirus-strikes-the-republican-national-convention/

News reports of the California delegation's remote accommodations in Sandusky surfaced earlier this year, when state GOP leaders complained that they were being put up so far from the convention site.

The complaints prompted convention organizers to bristle at suggestions they had dropped the ball on accommodating the GOP's largest delegation, or that the California delegates were being penalized for coming from a state that hasn't historically been friendly to Republicans.

[MFM008]

31. I've had it

Lasted 2 weeks...was terrible.... hope trump gets it....twice.

[MADem]

33. Wow--that long? I thought it cleared in 3 days, tops. You might have had flu on top of it.

It's supposed to make a quick but ... explosive ... trip through the body.

Those Republicans shouldn't try to cut the heart outta the CDC, maybe we'd come up with a better way of combatting these viruses and other public heath challenges!

[Hortensis]

79. And the $1.5 BILLION cut from the National

Institutes of Health that resulted in much research in progress having to be abandoned, as well as new projects. Plus other tax cuts that stymied progress. You just know that entire crowd shouting "lock her up" last night are still feeling virtuous about cutting all that "waste."

[MADem]

89. They only "care" if they have a relative with a particular problem.

Then they reach across the aisle in personal desperation. Otherwise, they could give a shit.

They really are selfish people.

[Hortensis]

95. The old "us good," "outsiders bad."

[BainsBane]

37. What a train wreck

That convention is turning out to be.

[MADem]

41. Ain't it, just!!

[murielm99]

40. This convention really is the circus.

I wonder what else will go wrong.

[MADem]

43. It's certainly NEVER A DULL MOMENT-even with the lousy speakers!

Most of the "action," though, is taking place OFF the convention floor!

[NastyRiffraff]

78. I'm watching as much as I can "stomach" as it were

I feel like Jane Goodall studying chimpanzee behavior. Except that the chimps were smarter and nicer.

[MADem]

102. +1,000! nt

[Loki]

44. Noro virus

Just the Republican way of saying you are full of s**t.

[MADem]

46. LOL--and they're gonna spread it around, too!

[zappaman]

49. Awwwwwwww....poor wittle racists got the Hershey squirts.

Boo to the hoo.

[MADem]

60. LOL--stawp--yer killin me, here!

I don't know why but that comment just hit my funny bone but good!

I would have done a spit take if I'd had a beverage!!!!

[Blue Owl]

52. Hey GOP -- projectile much?

n/t

[Blue Owl]

53. Joni Ernst spotted wearing barf bags

n/t

[SunSeeker]

63. LOL

[Cha]

54. omg..

Thank you for this, MADem..

[Hekate]

56. Any updates? Any locust sightings?

[MADem]

62. LOL--not yet.....but there's still tomorrow!!!! nt

[betsuni]

57. That fart-in planned for the Democratic convention really pales in comparison with a shit-in.

[MADem]

58. LOL!

If this "norovirus" gets near the press, or other actors who run from place to place making money off of conventions (people selling all sorts of wares, e.g., from buttons to hats to ... personal services) that fart in could turn into a "shart-in" without too much warning.....!!!

[BobbyDrake]

65. IDK, at least people with a virus aren't CHOOSING to be disgusting displays of filth...

Unlike the turds planning that fart-in. Their plan to waste food, disrespect the homeless, and make public fools of themselves doesn't have the excuse of being an involuntary bodily response.

[MADem]

90. I'd be surprised if that takes off--I don't think it'll have enough "gas!" nt

[Her Sister]

67. This convention is the gift that keeps on giving!

May KARMA come & get comfy & overstay, & eat all the food in the fridge, & smoke the last cigarette & bed any and all mates !!!

[Gothmog]

70. Are we sure that it is the norovirus?

The vomiting could be due to the GOP platform and the smell of the trumps

[MADem]

93. Or the smell of foul bananas and mildew emanating from below the stage....

but I wonder if the guard that radioed that in (see upthread link) confused the smell of sulphur with mildewed bananas!!!


After all, Ben Carson seemed to think LUCIFER was in the house (and he was right--but the guy has a swirly bouffant weave and a wife who likes to copy Michelle Obama).

[Spazito]

71. Oh dear...

I wonder how many of them are making use of Obamacare, the legislation they want their repub reps to repeal? I'm betting most if not all of them.

I'm trying to find even a smidgen of sympathy......trying....trying....nope, I have none.

[MADem]

103. I'll bet the answer is close to ALL OF THEM--great point!!! nt

[UtahLib]

74. I hope

they have an opportunity to shake hands with the Trump brigade.

[MADem]

101. Me too--every single one of 'em! Heh heh! nt

[LaydeeBug]

76. This will be their excuse for the sorry number of attendees at this thing. nt

[MADem]

100. LOL--I notice they're like kids when the school bell rings, after the "Big Event"

of each night, they skeedaddle to the strip clubs like children heading for the recess playground!!

[Warren DeMontague]

94. Medical authorities initially ascribed it to "belated realization that we're actually nominating

this guy"

[MADem]

99. Hahahahahahaha!!!!! Thread win!!!!

A conversation behind those quarantined doors!

"When I heard Trump's nomination went through, I crapped myself....literally!"

"Yeah, I upchucked, myself!!"

"I got ya both beat--I was puking and farting, and the next thing ya know, I sharted!"