Symptoms...

of Bieber Fever may or may not include:

 

- frequent high-pitched shrieks

- sweeping your hair out of your face, even if it's not in your face

- an affinity for the color purple

- singing and dancing randomly to songs that aren't being played out loud

- reading every article on EW.com that includes the words “Justin”, “Bieber”, “hair”, and “dating”

Disney Channel star Debbie Ryan said "I think that the only medication for Bieber [Fever] is to Bieber more," the "Suite Life on Deck" actress continued. "There's a [Henry David] Thoreau quote: 'The only remedy for love is to love more,' and I think that it's the exact same thing. The only remedy for Bieber [Fever] is to Bieb more."*

Common side effects to “Bieb-ing More” may include the following:

-          humming JB’s catchy tunes without even noticing it (this is the beginning of the unconscious, uncontrollable urge to love the Biebster)

-          his Wikipedia page is bookmarked in your phone

-          you start spouting/inserting random Bieber trivia into casual conversation

-          you shape your hands into a heart while you are stopped at a stop light when one of his song’s plays on your playlist

-          you find yourself hoping you could “borrow” one of your niece’s “I Heart Justin” tee-shirts

 

The world has seen this epidemic before in its pre-mutated state when it was know as Beatle Mania. It has been dormant since 1970 but 2010 saw resurgence when a new mopped topped musical sensation hit the airwaves and transformed into Bieber Fever.

 

Luckily, most sufferers of Bieber Fever are blissfully unaware of the seriousness of their condition and will go on to live relatively normal lives. Well, except for the delusional patients who will wallow in self-pity because they never got to marry Justin Bieber; they will die alone.

 

 

*Kara Warner at MTV.com; “Justin Bieber Defines 'Bieber Fever' At 'Never Say Never' L.A. Premiere”; February 8, 2011