Collateral damage

It wasn't long ago when the world was "in lockdown" because of the flu and one of the major priorities of governments and the World Health Organisation was educating people on how to "stay safe," the main focus being around hygiene. That's right, the authorities had to explain to people how to use good hygiene practices like washing hands after using the washroom and being covering mouths when coughing and sneezing. People had to be told that it was best practice to wash hands.

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There's some disgusting people out there so I guess a little education around better hygiene is always welcome.

I read recently that only about 70% of people always wash their hands after using the bathroom.

That's a frightening statistic right? Imagine all the things people touch, the hands they shake, door handles they use and so on...and without washing their hands after wiping the asses. Fucken hell y'all! Anyway, that's a whole other matter, serious though it is...this post is about sneezing.

For a long time I've had a thing about sneezing, meaning it gives me the creeps.

To clarify though, it's not the act of sneezing itself, it's about when people sneeze but don't cover their mouth, *sneeze into a tissue. It fucken drives me nuts! You know what I mean right? You're in a room and someone let's out a massive sneeze with snot and spit, some 40,000 fine droplets containing respiratory pathogens, exploding into the air only to be inhaled by you...yep you, and every other poor fucker who happens to be within range.

If the thought of that doesn't make you cringe, you're bonkers.

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Here's a slow motion video of sneezing and the extent of collateral damage

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Have you ever witnessed poor hygiene habits like failure to wash hands or cover mouths during coughing or sneezing in the office or in public? Have you ever thought that whatever you touch could be covered in shit that has transferred from someone's hand who didn't wash them or had just sneezed into it? There's a trail of shit, snot and saliva that reaches far and wide you know...it's...well, it's fucken shit is what it is!