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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, its 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 fathers 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
(3,263 posts)Barf on repukes
Iggo
(47,565 posts)Worth it, just for that.
That's poetry.
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Stinky The Clown
(67,818 posts)OMG
I have been laughing too too hard today. This is one more cap on a great day!
LisaM
(27,830 posts)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
(45,020 posts)The atmosphere was already so toxic inside the convention center, it was bound to break out
milestogo
(16,829 posts)Not sure if I picked it up on the flight or from the hotel room, but it was a miserable couple of days.
Wednesdays
(17,408 posts)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
(4,112 posts)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
(25,977 posts)BTW, nausea is a positive feedback loop, meaning that the convention floor could well erupt in an impromptu variation of 'the wave.'
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)MidwestTransplant
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(49,533 posts)deminks
(11,017 posts)Chakab
(1,727 posts)book_worm
(15,951 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)Tsk tsk tsk. Always wash your hands after using the bathroom!
Laffy Kat
(16,386 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)Crunchy Frog
(26,630 posts)aintitfunny
(1,421 posts)the nauseating chaos of the Republican Convention.
bucolic_frolic
(43,286 posts)What a shame for the Repukes!
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)SCantiGOP
(13,873 posts)If that happens, I will join your prayer circle.
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)(Nearly) everything that can go wrong... has
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jtuck004
(15,882 posts)meow2u3
(24,772 posts)kairos12
(12,872 posts)get the red out
(13,468 posts)Kind of sickening.
Dirty Socialist
(3,252 posts)Might as well...