{"id":"2014-ebola-outbreak","name":"2014 Ebola Outbreak","summary":"The 2014 Ebola Outbreak meme complex is the wave of dark humor, Photoshop edits, and conspiracy jokes that spread across 4chan, Reddit, and Tumblr as the West African Ebola epidemic dominated global news from March through October 2014. It produced viral edits of infected doctor Kent Brantly with glowing eyes, the moe personification Ebola-chan, and a racist /pol/ hoax that Ebola was a CIA bioweapon.","tags":["2014 ebola outbreak meme","ebola-chan","kent brantly meme","ebola 4chan","ebola pol","thomas eric duncan","ebola reddit ama"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":4,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/2014-ebola-outbreak/2014-ebola-outbreak-ebola-outbreak-guinea-map.webp","caption":"An early 2014 news infographic mapping the initial Ebola outbreak in Guinea, West Africa.","width":640,"height":680,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/2014-ebola-outbreak/2014-ebola-outbreak-ebola-symptoms-diagram.webp","caption":"A medical diagram detailing the symptoms of Ebola virus disease circulated widely during the 2014 outbreak.","width":594,"height":600,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/2014-ebola-outbreak/2014-ebola-outbreak-cnbc-first-us-ebola-case-tweet.webp","caption":"CNBC's September 2014 tweet breaking news of the first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States.","width":509,"height":443,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/2014-ebola-outbreak/2014-ebola-outbreak-growing-stronger-brantly-4chan.webp","caption":"4chan users turned news of Dr. Kent Brantly 'growing stronger' from Ebola into a running supervillain joke.","width":680,"height":977,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/2014-ebola-outbreak/history.md","related":["titanic-sub-memes","jews-vs-nazis-beer-pong","this-kills-the-crab","demon-core","slobodan-praljaks-courtroom-suicide","the-light-is-red-owen","coffin-dance","skull","zodiac-killer-gary-francis-poste","own-the-school-year-like-a-hero","zombie-deer-disease","2019-notre-dame-fire"],"popularityRank":2431,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}