http://www.theothersideofkim.com/index.php/tos/
and not so long ago he referenced a posting by his distaff side (or his better half, if you will). http://www.mrsdutoit.com/ee/index.php?/main/single/2715/
Basically it is observations of poverty et al made on a trip to India.
It got me ruminating again (I like that word, sort of bovine in import) about sanitation and public health. Or lack thereof. And the implications for North America.
You see, I like to walk and think. Something about the oxygen that helps the synapses. So here I am walking home, on a main street, minding my own beeswax, when a male (old enough to know better, by the way - 60+) spits on the sidewalk not 6 feet from where I just put my feet. I think to myself - "loser". Then he does it again several seconds later. Now I'm thinking "#$%^%&^". And I'm assuming he did NOT do this on my special account. It was just a habit. (It's a widespread habit in these parts, I suspect primarily because of the "role-modelling" of sports figures, who appeal more to the lower socio-economic groups in any society.)
Question number 1 - how many transmittable infectious nasties were in that *%&%^* of spit?
Think google.
Question number 2 - is sidewalk spitting a vector for those nasties?Seriously, ya think maybe could be?
Question number 3 - how soon until another pandemic?
Fill in your own date.
Anyone who thinks this is third-world stuff (ie of concern only to India) better get a grip.
FWIW, the Chinese had this as a national habit, and pretty much eradicated it. So what's wrong with North Americans? Do we have a societal death wish because the planet is over-populated?
Fine. Just don't take my family along for the final ride.
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