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A UK supermarket has banned the use of money that was stored in shoes and bras as part of the effort to reign in the spread of COVID-19. Among other strange facts coming out of this outbreak is that some people lick their money before handing it over to the cashier.
We are doomed.
[Ed Note - Updated the story to reflect that the store is called Iceland and is, in fact, a UK supermarket.]
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by SomeGuy on Saturday March 14 2020, @11:41AM (2 children)
Changing unsanitary habits like licking fingers is exactly the sort of thing that will make a huge difference against virus outbreaks, or avoiding even common contagious illnesses.
Probably 99% of the crap going on, like closing down events, is mostly political posturing that will have little long term impact (other than causing another economic crash). Banning cash is just a lame excuse to wastefully sell cell phones plus payment apps, or sign people up for tracking cards. A better solution would be to have cashiers use gloves, extra sanitizer, or such.
Wasn't there a Feringi rule of acquisition along the lines of "never pass up the chance to profit from a crisis"?
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 14 2020, @04:14PM (1 child)
Are you high? closing down events is due to super spreaders, one person with mild symptoms could infect LITERALLY thousands of people at say E3. A majority of the cases in South Korea are due to one person who infected tons of people as an example. Iran could be similar... but due to licking shrines.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 16 2020, @01:50PM
You miss the point. The vast majority of people can't just lock themselves in their houses forever. The virus spreading won't stop just because people close a few events. It may help slow things down a bit, but everyone will get exposed to it eventually.