The CDC advises college students upon returning to campus that if they kiss, please wear a surgical mask
http://www.newsweek.com//frameset.aspx/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FGMA%2Fstory%3Fid%3D8403214
Tell that to the frat party girls (now they know how their Islamic counterparts feel behind the cover).
In Vietnam, people are required to wear helmets when riding a scooter.
So with helmet, sunglasses, mask , you probably won’t even recognize your own spouse in traffic.
Smoking will be banned in public places next year also (by then, people will stand outside, wearing helmet, mask and sunglasses while trying to lit up).
Tough environment to move about.
When I was in HCMC early this year, the major streets were dug up, and cordoned, which drove traffic up to the sidewalk. I often had to show up early for classes so I could cool and calm down, because it was such an ordeal moving
from point A to point B (see my other blog about not-too-Easy Riders).
They said the vaccine will be available mid October in the US.
I hope the majority of us come out unharmed on the other side of this outbreak.
I know. It’s hard enough for college students to muster up the courage to introduce themselves, to “pick up” someone,
and to finally kiss with masks on.
Wonder if the CDC had tried their own advices.
We are taking efficiency and pragmatism to a whole new level: if you need to wash your hands during the trip, use Purell. If you need to sneeze, use Kleenex. Now, if you need to kiss, go to Africa, where the swine flu level is at its lowest, or use surgical masks.
In Islamic countries, where women have already covered their faces. What are they to do with this new advisory?
Double covered? And no kissing (see my other piece on “and pour alcohol into it”).
Atlanta, GA happens to house three very well known entities: CDC, Coca Cola and CNN.
CNN I watch.
Coca Cola, oh well, men are supposed to have a maximum of 9 tea spoons of sugar a day, so I will skip the soda.
CDC, I will listen to every single advisory released by the Center, to the teeth (behind a surgical mask, of course).
Thang Nguyen 555 