We reached out to Drendan Brain for comment, but his phone always went to a busy tone and his emails keep getting returned to me. The cold may also have been brought to the event by 19 other attendees from the UK, the EVE: Valkyrie team from the UK, or literally anyone going through any airport, but that wouldn’t make a snazzy headline. However the outbreak started, hundreds of EVE Online players were potentially exposed and many are now crawling into bed with some chicken soup and a cup of hot lemon. Get well soon, space bros!
https://twitter.com/RoAnnon/status/917806803018272769
I was fine till my layover in Cincinnati – half the people there were coughing a lung out and it felt like some plague movie!
— Uriel Anteovnuecci // Nick (@anteovnuecci) October 11, 2017
Caught the con flu and have had some interesting fever dreams. 🤒
— Manic Velocity (@manicvelocity) October 10, 2017
Caught con crud also but mine is more sinus. Plus, I still sound like I'm gargling gravel
— Random McNally (@RandomMcNally1) October 10, 2017
To all nerds going to public eve events. If you're going to be sick, please take precautions so you don't literally infect 100's of people.
— Sullen Decimus (@Sullen_Decimus) October 11, 2017
Maybe gigx was on to something. Everyone needs to chop off their hands so we can stop the spread of this con flu. #evevegas #tweetfleet
— Manic Velocity (@manicvelocity) October 11, 2017
For the record, the real villain of the piece is Tina Lauro Pollock, who came home sick just days before EVE Vegas and infected everyone in the house.
