SARS hits Japan without a single person dead

[Taro Toporific]

Comment: At my job at Maybe-the-Largest-Inc, everyone is in a SARS panic since 40% of our capital resources have been dumped in China. All the butt-bucho are SARS sick about it!

SARS to drag down Japan growth
Japan Times - May 10
Japan's real economic growth will be pulled down by 0.12 percentage point in 2003 if the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome continues in China through the year, according to a report compiled by Dai-ichi Life Research Institute. While ...
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[ramchop]

Spitting ban to combat Sars

Guangzhou is one of the areas worst hit by the deadly virus
Officials in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou have sent 1,000 sanitary workers into the streets to stop people spitting, in an effort to curb the spread of Sars.

The hygiene police in Guangzhou will also fine people who throw away cigarette butts or chewing gum or who urinate in public places.

How long until Japan implements such a police force... or do they have one already?


(Taro, please insert "No spitting" sign here, I've failed to find anything better than an ancient US railway sign on my brief Google search)

[Taro Toporific]

Spitting ban to combat Sars
How long until Japan implements such a police force... or do they have one already?


(Taro, please insert "No spitting" sign here, I've failed to find anything better than an ancient US railway sign on my brief Google search)

[Taro Toporific]

Spitting ban to combat Sars
How long until Japan implements such a police force... or do they have one already?


(Taro, please insert "No spitting" sign here, I've failed to find anything better than an ancient US railway sign on my brief Google search)

[GomiGirl]

I think spitting in the street, train station, bus station - basically anywhere, is just foul. There is absolutely no physiological need for constant spitting, it is just a bad habit started at elementary school, practiced at junior high and perfected as salary men.

In summer the gollies get baked onto the footpaths, in winter they are a breeding ground for festering flu's and other nasties. They leave stains in subway stations - the acid burns in and leaves a permanent mark and makes more work for the ladies who have to clean it up.

Yes I am ranting, but the constant rumbling sound of some hideous creature "hoiking up a big, green lurgy" really makes me ill to my stomach.. and dodging the meandering mucus membranes is like navigating a minefield of unexploded cluster bombs.....

In china it has been illegal for about 5 years and there are signs everywhere encouraging people who feel they must regurgitate saliva and mucus, to deposit it in a nearby trash can.. however, as there are very few trash cans in Japan...

[ramchop]

So in instances of slimy bodily fluids at the back of the throat you're a swallower not a spitter?

[GomiGirl]

So in instances of slimy bodily fluids at the back of the throat you're a swallower not a spitter?

Well, any spitting or swallowing of bodily fluids by me is certainly not done on footpaths or train stations.. what about you? :P

[ramchop]

Well, any spitting or swallowing of bodily fluids by me is certainly not done on footpaths or train stations.

So if lacking tissues or hanky in the case of a runny nose (on a footpath or train station) you don't spit or swallow?... you must be a sleeve wiper!

[GomiGirl]

Well, any spitting or swallowing of bodily fluids by me is certainly not done on footpaths or train stations.

So if lacking tissues or hanky in the case of a runny nose (on a footpath or train station) you don't spit or swallow?... you must be a sleeve wiper!

I carry tissues with me at all times!!

I have no problem with blowing my nose in public.. but the constant sniffing I hear on the trains.. well that is another rant!!

[ramchop]

I have no problem with blowing my nose in public.. but the constant sniffing I hear on the trains.. well that is another rant!!

Please rant on. What's so offensive about the inoffensive sniff? Personally I'd rather hear a sniff than a blow.... but it's not the solution that a blow is. hmmmm, which is worse 10 sniffs or a blow?

Can't say that I've been exposed much to the hay fever season sniffing cacophony of the commuter train, I'm a lucky walker. But I'd love to hear the rant.

[GomiGirl]

One or two sniffs - no probs.. but somebody who is sniffing constantly because they don't want to use a tissue is really annoying especially as the trains are so quiet... I mean - use a tissue for goodness sake - sniffing is really bad for your sinuses.. and there are ways to blow one's nose without sounding like a fog horn.. /rant

[ramchop]

My personal pet hate is the repressed sneeze. The "NNNNnnnnhh!" which if you've ever tried makes your head want to explode.

Sure the let it all out sneeze may be inconsiderate, spreading diseases, waking the children early in the morning.... but I just can't stand that "NNNnnnnhhhh!" sound.

[ramchop]

"I once caught 19 people spitting in one day. But since the new fines came in I've caught hardly any"

Officer He, Beijing anti-spitting team

[kotatsuneko]

imho spitting here, well here as in sapporo is nowhere near as bad in london, especially amongst kids/teenagers.. damn those pesky kids! ^^ and also the various 3rd world immigrants who seem to feel that spitting on the tube is ok..

then again the council here seem to promote keeping sapporo a clean city, with residents volunteering to clean up the streets / help with plants/trees etc..

i suppose after hours things may be different, but then i always get home early..

[cstaylor]

then again the council here seem to promote keeping sapporo a clean city, with residents volunteering to clean up the streets / help with plants/trees etc..

No wonder the keisatsu are always looking for an excuse to drag you off the street...