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I mean honestly, couldn't we just fit mass transit to spray/ooze/mist some anti-bacterial disinfectant from time to time? Or maybe have hand-sanitizer dispensers on board. Or cover all the seats, poles, hooks, rings, steps with an anti- microbial finish.
Because I would prefer to "urban surf" and
risk flying through a windshield than actually touch anything on the bus/train/subway. Improves my reflexes too...
Sprays may not be the most effective, especially if you happen to be giving a close visual inspection to one of the little holes. Ceiling misters could occasionally deploy an aromatic scented disinfectant.
If you carry on your own spray bottle/face mask/gloves, you look like a pooter. Or worse, a terrorist.
See those gloves?
http://www.flickr.c...tindale/3841942343/
It's what I wear on the train. [Ian Tindale, Sep 22 2009]
Immunity from herds?
http://news.bbc.co..../surrey/8268129.stm
[coprocephalous, Sep 23 2009]
BBC News: MP Blunkett injured in cow attack
http://news.bbc.co....england/8089498.stm
Immunity from herds...the revenge. [zen_tom, Sep 23 2009]
A perspective on the spread of novel H1N1
http://scienceblogs...feed&utm_medium=rss
[Ian Tindale, Sep 24 2009]
Another perspective on the spread of novel H1N1
http://scienceblogs...people_have_the.php
[Ian Tindale, Sep 24 2009]
Where it all came from
http://scienceblogs..._91-year_pandem.php
and where it's been for the past 90 years [Ian Tindale, Sep 24 2009]
Where it might be going
http://scienceblogs...content=channellink
very interesting discussion in the (copious) comments - especially over the possibility of a hybrid H1N1/H5N1 evolving, which of course nobody will have immunity to at all. [Ian Tindale, Sep 24 2009]
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//Ceiling misters\\ I do believe they use these on plains to spray anti bacterial stuff. |
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Won't the increasing sterilization of everything everywhere weaken our defences whilst strengthening the bugs? |
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Google "herd immunity" then figure out why our increasing obsession with disinfection is rendering us susceptible to extinction. |
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My kids were out in the dirt at 6 months old. They're now in their late teens & early twenties, virtually never had a day off school and shake off each virus that comes around in a day or two. |
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'Cleanliness is next to Godliness' could well be re-interpreted! |
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I agree. We're vastly overpopulated as it stands. |
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You're not the Invisible Mime are you ? |
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Mind you, I'm all for early exposure and all that. My daughters have both had chicken poo in their mouth by 1 year old. It's just that I don't trust certain people on my bus to be free from nasty things such as the plague, leprosy, or consumerism. For these, a little help would be appreciated. |
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[Zeno], would that be the Great Plains, or the one in Spain with all the rain? |
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