Sneezing in someone’s face just isn’t cool. Coughing up a lung on someone trapped in a confined space is a crime and there should be a law protecting the innocent. It’ too late for me because I’ve probably got the flu now. Should we pass a law to prevent the spread of germs and if so how would the law work?
Absolutely, we should pass the law to prevent the spread of germs. The law should specifically require “Responsibility” in dealing with germs. I’d call it “The Germ Responsibility Law.” It would simply state, “Anyone with a cough, sneeze, cold, flu or other contagious disease or symptoms must take responsibility and cough into cloth or be fined.”
In short, I’m aware that accidents happen; but what I witnessed all across America was far from accidental. America is rude and I think some people would spit in our faces if that wasn’t already a felony. The mouth is one of the dirtiest places humans have. Civilized people cannot permit the sick to exercise an exclusive right to infect people at will. God knows who will get sick next? If someone has HIV we require them to inform their sexual partners of the illness. If we drive a car and it gets hit, we can sue for damages. The Flu isn’t HIV, but damn! Take responsibility for your illness and do the right thing. Cough into a cloth or be fined heavily. Yes, I want “The Cough Police” or at least the ability to make a citizen’s arrest until someone rude gets well or gets a cloth hanky. If you think I’m asking for too much, I’ll send you a kiss so you can feel my pain?
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:37 am
The flip side of your argument would be to take responsibility for your own protection. Stay at home, wear a mask, take immune system enhancing vitamins. I travel to many different parts of the world every year, and I know my health is my responsibilty. I try to eat right to give my thymus, bone marrow and lymphiod tissues every chance I can to do their jobs. However, I still occasionally catch malaria. I have contracted just about every water born illness. I have had and have treated my co-operators for typhoid, dengue fever, and botfly infections, to name a few, at least twice. Just recently I contracted schistosomiasis while in the philippines. That my friend was pure hell. That parisite seemed to combine all of the worlds worst symptoms into one episode. It was my own fault, I knew I had some open wounds(this parasite can also penetrate skin) and was teaching a group of children how to swim. I had the required supplies to protect myself while in the water, but did not take the time to do it. I will agree that America has become, for a lack of a better word, nasty. I know an old WW2 vet here in town that will not shake your hand with his dominate right hand. He will always shake with his left. I see children barking all over everybody in reach and their parents doing even worse. I believe you must be preemptive. Baco you are a very intelligent person; you knew you would run across sick people traveling that way. Let me let you in own a little secret of mine. That secret is called Juice plus. I will let you research it and not go into a description. I will tell you it is a little salty on price, but I am a firm believer of its effectiveness. I believe you once stated that you had children, if so, they make a childrens product in gummies. This stuff will help your child if he/she does not eat the right foods. Another thing I pretty much insist my family do, is vist a chiropractor. I would recommend one that uses what is called the pro adjuster. Again you can research this type of treatment from a chiropractor as not all of them have this technology. I noticed that you wrote this article on nov 23, I would suspect that you are recovered or close to it, but still fell like crap. Go give a chiropractor a shot. I will keep you and your family you are blessed with in my prayers.