I've been meaning to mention this for some time, but one avenue of transmission of the SARS virus that's been overlooked or largely ignored is money.
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An article I just read pointed out a study on how easily money can transmit diseases. The American Society of Microbiology examined dollar bills collected from students at a high-school game and from shoppers at a grocery stores. Of the bills collected, 7% contained serious pathogenic bacteria, 86% carried ordinary bacteria, and 7% were clean. Thirty years ago, the American Medical Association reported that 42% of notes and 13% of coins were contaminated by dangerous fecal germs (such as E. coli) and staphylococcus...
later, being a silver lining kind of guy, he adds:
...I like to maintain a balanced look at things. There are benefits to the outbreak.
I haven't seen anyone pick their nose in weeks.
in retrospect maybe it would have been better if we'd skipped putting a man on the moon and stuck to finding a cure for the common cold...
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