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lame54

(35,294 posts) Tue Aug 13, 2019, 01:49 PM Aug 2019

Epstein-Barr

Otherwise known as Herpes

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Epstein-Barr (Original Post) lame54 Aug 2019 OP

Wow cilla4progress Aug 2019 #1

Viral enid602 Aug 2019 #2

Not quite. Epstein-Barr causes mononucleosis. 3catwoman3 Aug 2019 #3

Wait- there's a virus with the same name? lame54 Aug 2019 #4

Yes, there really is. 3catwoman3 Aug 2019 #5

The first was a joke - the second... lame54 Aug 2019 #8

Apologies if I came across... 3catwoman3 Aug 2019 #11

Here ya go: dhol82 Aug 2019 #6

I made that joke the other day OhZone Aug 2019 #7

Did you get push back from... lame54 Aug 2019 #9

No but only - OhZone Aug 2019 #12

Its a VIRUS!!! Historic NY Aug 2019 #10

cilla4progress

(24,736 posts)

1. Wow

Reply to lame54 (Original post)

Tue Aug 13, 2019, 01:49 PM

Aug 2019

NAILED IT!

enid602

(8,620 posts)

2. Viral

Reply to lame54 (Original post)

Tue Aug 13, 2019, 01:55 PM

Aug 2019

I hope this goes viral.

3catwoman3

(24,007 posts)

3. Not quite. Epstein-Barr causes mononucleosis.

Reply to lame54 (Original post)

Tue Aug 13, 2019, 01:59 PM

Aug 2019

It is a member of the herpes virus family.

The herpes simplex viruses cause genital herpes.

lame54

(35,294 posts)

4. Wait- there's a virus with the same name?

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #3)

Tue Aug 13, 2019, 02:01 PM

Aug 2019

3catwoman3

(24,007 posts)

5. Yes, there really is.

Reply to lame54 (Reply #4)

Tue Aug 13, 2019, 02:04 PM

Aug 2019

Commonly shortened to EBV by those of us in the health care arena.

lame54

(35,294 posts)

8. The first was a joke - the second...

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #5)

Tue Aug 13, 2019, 02:07 PM

Aug 2019

A rhetorical question(and a joke)

3catwoman3

(24,007 posts)

11. Apologies if I came across...

Reply to lame54 (Reply #8)

Tue Aug 13, 2019, 02:27 PM

Aug 2019

...as pedantic. I didn't mean to. Context can be so elusive on line.

dhol82

(9,353 posts)

6. Here ya go:

Reply to lame54 (Reply #4)

Tue Aug 13, 2019, 02:04 PM

Aug 2019

https://www.cdc.gov/epstein-barr/about-ebv.html

OhZone

(3,212 posts)

7. I made that joke the other day

Reply to lame54 (Original post)

Tue Aug 13, 2019, 02:04 PM

Aug 2019

lame54

(35,294 posts)

9. Did you get push back from...

Reply to OhZone (Reply #7)

Tue Aug 13, 2019, 02:08 PM

Aug 2019

Humor challenged correctors?

OhZone

(3,212 posts)

12. No but only -

Reply to lame54 (Reply #9)

Tue Aug 13, 2019, 03:16 PM

Aug 2019

my brother and my girlfriend laughed.

Historic NY

(37,451 posts)

10. Its a VIRUS!!!

Reply to lame54 (Original post)

Tue Aug 13, 2019, 02:17 PM

Aug 2019

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