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[tardis_stowaway]

I'm looking forward to going home to Atlanta later this month to see my family and go to DragonCon.  I have done less about cosplaying than I meant to, but we'll see what can be done in the last few weeks, and I have no problems with either sticking to old costumes or spending day out of costume.  So in the midst of my overall excitement about the

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[rap541]

I am :)

Not terribly concerned about the ebola. I am sure the CDC will blow itself up if necessary. I mean, the walking dead didn't lie?

[tardis_stowaway]

I am sure the CDC will blow itself up if necessary. I mean, the walking dead didn't lie?

That wasn't even the CDC in the Walking Dead!!! When I lived in Atlanta I was pretty close to the CDC. I know what it looks like on the outside, which meant I was totally thrown out of the show when they finally reached the CDC and it was some building that looks nothing like real CDC. (Apparently the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center played the part of the CDC.)

I get that the real CDC probably wouldn't let them film there (if for no other reason than that passers-by might not react well if they drove past during filming and saw what appeared to be a horde of zombies amassed outside), and for people who haven't lived in the area the CDC building isn't immediately recognizable so they probably felt they didn't need to use special effects to make it look like they were at the real place. However, if you can't trust the Walking Dead to show the real CDC, they might be lying about the explosives as well. ;)

[kaffy_r]

Hmmm. There are ways in which you and I think alike. This may frighten some of the people we know.

Have a great time at DragonCon!

[tardis_stowaway]

Hmmm. There are ways in which you and I think alike. This may frighten some of the people we know.

I offer you a fistbump of weird brain solidarity! It's a fistbump because medical science has recently proven this to be less likely to spread disease than shaking hands.

Have a great time at DragonCon!

Thanks!

[kaffy_r]

Yup - I saw the story about healthy fist bumps. Which I now like to call healthy terrorist fist-bumps (harking back to the first Obama election foofaraw.)

[padfootie]

You'd think though that a healthcare worker who is trusted with being in contact with a ebola patient would be responsible enough to report any kind of symptoms and would be trained on what to watch out for, so unless that worker is intentionally concealing it and going to a growded place with lots of people, the risk should be very, very low

[tardis_stowaway]

You'd think though that a healthcare worker who is trusted with being in contact with a ebola patient would be responsible enough to report any kind of symptoms and would be trained on what to watch out for

Yes, of course. As I said, this was more of a what if exercise than something I actually worry about, and what you point out is one of the reasons. Realistically, I don't envision any healthcare worker who knows they are working with Ebola ignoring any symptoms, however mild, and supposedly the virus isn't contagious until the patient is symptomatic.

What I don't like is the media who keeps on saying that there's no need to worry about people travelling at all, because if someone had it they'd isolate them immediately - yeah, well, unless they're too scared to come forward with it and see an actual doctor about it. I don't think anyone's actually keen on being isolated, knowing they carry a deadly disease that will probably kill themGood point! I agree that it's possible that a traveler who was exposed in Africa, traveled

[iwouldbegood]

DragonCon, how exciting! I'm sure you'll have tons of fun! :D And I totally get your thought process concerning the Ebola virus. I am the same and would also probably have all sorts of improbable worst case scenarios going through my head if I were you. It's a good thing you'll be so preoccupied by being at an awesome convention that you probably won't even think about it when there :)

And I wanted to ask you, what's the situation with the kittens? :)