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Tourism in a time of plague
On May 12, 3:05*am, "nightjar" cpb@insert my surname here.me.uk
wrote: "Jack Campin - bogus address" wrote in ... Spotted in the centre of Edinburgh yesterday evening: an Oriental tourist walking up the street wearing a green fabric mask over his nose and mouth. Anybody seen tourists doing that elsewhere? I'm surprised this is the first time you've seen it happen. Those face masks have been worn for a few years now. Sometimes you see an entire coach load of tourists with them on. Speaking personally, I've always found it more effective to travel with a fever-juju staff holding a pair of human skulls and a string of leopard teeth, rattling it at the sky every few steps. It may be as effective at stopping you catching anything, but is it as good at stopping you spreading disease? Colin Bignell IIRC it was found to be a very useful custom by bank robbers in Toronto during the SARS outbreak there. Usually bankers are suspcious of people entering the building wearing a mask. John Kane Kingston ON Canada |
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Tourism in a time of plague
Am Tue, 12 May 2009 20:53:56 +0200 schrieb Erick T. Barkhuis:
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque): Frank Hucklenbroich wrote: In Asia, especially in Japan, ist is quite common to wear a mask when you have a cold or a flu yourself, so that you don't infect other people. An act of courtesy, so to say. Wouldn't it be MORE "courteous" to just stay home, when you're ill? In Japan, you don't stay away from work (leaving your colleagues doing your job as well) when you're not at least 80% dead. ACK. |
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Tourism in a time of plague
Am Tue, 12 May 2009 12:06:53 -0700 (PDT) schrieb John Kane:
IIRC it was found to be a very useful custom by bank robbers in Toronto during the SARS outbreak there. "Get me the money or I'll sneeze!" :-) |
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