With social media buzzing over whether it’s “too soon” to go as Ebola for Halloween—and there is already a commercially available Ebola health worker costume—it goes without saying that it can be fine line between funny and inappropriate. Time’s Tessa Berenson sums it up beautifully, “But I will say this: if all these passions are ignited by the thought of dressing as an Ebola health worker, maybe think twice about being a sexy Ebola zombie. There’s a line here somewhere, and I’m pretty sure it’s around “dead” and “slutty.””
With that, here are 14 Halloween party ideas and themes for you to mull over.