Keep calm and post photos: Discovery of virus in Texas inspires #EbolaPanicSelfies

CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden gave an extensive press briefing Tuesday afternoon, in part to help calm fears that the discovery in Texas of the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States would lead to a spread of the disease.

Frieden here to calm y’all pic.twitter.com/XJU5hjHy12

— Brian ? Ries (@moneyries) September 30, 2014

CDC Director Frieden: "I have no doubt that we will control this importation of Ebola so it doesn't spread widely in this country."

— Patrick deHahn (@patrickdehahn) September 30, 2014

CDC Director Frieden on confirmed case of Ebola in the United States: "We will stop it here."

— Patrick deHahn (@patrickdehahn) September 30, 2014

Scary stuff indeed, but is it too soon to post #EbolaPanicSelifies? No one told these wiseguys.

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@JamieSportsTalk #EbolaPanicSelfies pic.twitter.com/Y4kFbE3zII

— Christopher Padilla (@gangstacris) September 30, 2014

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— Danny Saint (@CenterStageDS) September 30, 2014

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— Rusty Shackelford (@rshackelford14) September 30, 2014

As long as @KatMcKinley is joking about #ebola – let's do this. 😉#EbolaPanicSelfies pic.twitter.com/9wlaM5SqZA

— It’s Just Jenn (@JennJacques) September 30, 2014

#EbolaPanicSelfies @JennJacques pic.twitter.com/kbN4gKRBVw

— Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) September 30, 2014

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— Ben Smith (@BenSmithDC) September 30, 2014

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— It’s Just Jenn (@JennJacques) September 30, 2014

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@JayCaruso #EbolaPanicSelfies pic.twitter.com/v92adrKZUj

— Harriet Baldwin Text Trump 88022 (@HarrietBaldwin) September 30, 2014

OH NOOO! #EbolaPanicSelfies pic.twitter.com/E78OWJMC1T

— Mike (@monkeyfartmike) September 30, 2014

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— Lizzy Lou Who ?? (@_wintergirl93) September 30, 2014

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— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) September 30, 2014

#EbolaPanicSelfies

Because Chuck fears nothing. pic.twitter.com/LfysVp8TMR

— Rusty Shackelford (@rshackelford14) September 30, 2014

Keep calm and play golf?

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