'When Ebola comes to my city': Americans share Ebola defense strategies [pics]

It can seem callous but humor is the great American defense mechanism. There’s probably some complicated psychological explanation but a lot of people cope with stress and fear by laughing at what they’re afraid of. Clearly Ebola is on people’s minds. In the age of social media, the reaction plays out with memes and pop culture references.

https://twitter.com/DreamVillainous/status/517756078042677249

https://twitter.com/blvckpapii/status/517727429402845184

https://twitter.com/yruhayden/status/517540181315158016

When you the only person in the culdesac without ebola pic.twitter.com/VtW5KJRoLa

— YA BOY GERALD (@AyGeraldJay) October 2, 2014

https://twitter.com/Dory/status/517769500062920704

My new grocery store outfit #ebola pic.twitter.com/N79gg3qEeC

— ✟ Right Scoop ✟ (@trscoop) September 30, 2014

https://twitter.com/SaltyVince/status/517752881735147520

https://twitter.com/WorkaholicBlake/status/517751656914911232

https://twitter.com/CartelDelAfrica/status/517713902030041088

https://twitter.com/_ConorLynn/status/517661051199172608

https://twitter.com/EbolaFashion/status/517775176667496449

me whenever Ebola comes to my city pic.twitter.com/NgSKMsS7C9

— Typing… (@ParkerKitHill) October 2, 2014

when ebola is spreading but you still gotta look fly pic.twitter.com/hS2zMtHEn9

— Ebola (@EboIaTheVirus) October 2, 2014

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Editor’s note: This post was updated to include additional tweets.

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