# I wonder, is the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge the BIGGEST viral thing to date?

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**Created:** [August 24, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-is-the-als-ice-bucket-challenge-the-biggest-viral-thing-to-date/696395 "2014-08-24T18:50:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-is-the-als-ice-bucket-challenge-the-biggest-viral-thing-to-date/696395/21 "2014-09-20T23:37:57Z")

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> [@Ambivalid](#):
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> > [@Chronos](#):
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> > Nah, herpes is _much_ bigger.
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> > And ebola isn’t actually viral, either; it’s bacterial.
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> “Ebola virus”. That’s how I have always heard it described.

Maybe that is why they cannot get it under control. Nobody suggested penicillin! 😃

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**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-is-the-als-ice-bucket-challenge-the-biggest-viral-thing-to-date/696395/22 "2014-09-21T20:56:37Z")

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Ebola is definitely caused by a virus. The [ebolavirus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus_disease).

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