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    Boing Boing‏Verified account @BoingBoing 2 Aug 2014

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    12:53 PM - 2 Aug 2014
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      2. Ross D. Silverman‏ @phlu 2 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        #publichealth @BoingBoing:pic.twitter.com/SfSIdZjLyo

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      3. Daniel Goldberg‏ @prof_goldberg 2 Aug 2014
        Replying to @phlu

        @phlu Really. I mean, I know something about the history of fear in face of infectious disease, but irritating nonetheless.

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
      4. Ross D. Silverman‏ @phlu 2 Aug 2014
        Replying to @prof_goldberg

        .@prof_goldberg tis the summer silly season: sharknados, Ebola, Congressional recess...

        0 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
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      1. T.I.I‏ @latoisin 2 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        Im sure noone was concerned about the Bubonic plague either. Did they have a similar image but drawn with featherpen? @BoingBoing @tomgara

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      1. TRX35‏ @TRX35TRX35 2 Aug 2014
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        @BoingBoing @IsaacFitzgerald don't bother the CDC. They are busy planning ways to counter a zombie outbreak.

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      1. Noncompliant‏ @_noncompliant_ 2 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        .@BoingBoing @xeni OMG THANK YOU. Internet panic and misinformation spreads so much faster than ebola in a developed country.

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      1. jaguarjtI‏ @JaguarjtI 2 Aug 2014
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        @BoingBoing @LuluWalcott1 Bring Light

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      1. John Eddy‏ @jaydeflix 2 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        @BoingBoing @bad__scientist Minor quibble: The title should be 'Are you concerned about catching ebola'.

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      1. Bruce Bennett‏ @xeroview 2 Aug 2014
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        @BoingBoing @BuzzFeedBen Social, psychic, fiscal or physical contact?

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      1. Maria Flengeris‏ @mariaflengeris 2 Aug 2014
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        @BoingBoing Is this from the CDC?

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      1. Ellen Anderson‏ @MochaLite 3 Aug 2014
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        @BoingBoing @pegobry Oh, come on. I saw that Dustin Hoffman movie. Donald Sutherland has stockpiled the only vaccine that can save us.

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      1. Don Ryan‏ @Don_Ryan3 3 Aug 2014
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        @BoingBoing

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      1. Mary Beth Frezon‏ @mbquilts 2 Aug 2014
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        @BoingBoing @voxbaryton #justsayin timing might not be the best… can forgive myself the doubt.http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/12/science/cdc-closes-anthrax-and-flu-labs-after-accidents.html …

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      1. Joe Azar‏ @JoeAzarAZ 2 Aug 2014
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        @BoingBoing @slone Obama in one of those plastic bubbles with someone afflicted and if he doesn't catch it then I'm a believer.

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      1. Joe Azar‏ @JoeAzarAZ 2 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        @BoingBoing @slone I'm sorry but I'm not accepting the so-called fact of contracting only through bodily fluids. Like I said earlier, put

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      1. Katie S‏ @Katiebert58 2 Aug 2014
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        “@BoingBoing: pic.twitter.com/kcPsZ21d5m” @ChristyAmbrose

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      1. George Wilken‏ @cncgeorge 2 Aug 2014
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        @BoingBoing Demonstrating your ignorance of the topic in a flow chart, read this article http://www.naturalnews.com/046276_Ebola_aerosol_transmission_infectious_disease.html …

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      1. The Thick White Duke‏ @MagicDan85 2 Aug 2014
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        RT @BoingBoing:pic.twitter.com/VmUskH1f46

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      1. RvLeshrac‏ @RvLeshrac 2 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        @BoingBoing @stealingzen There are plenty of cases which were contracted without contact with an infected person.

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