I’m sorry to write this, but for every splash or spit I see stuck to the ground during the pandemic, I smoke a little more. This is a scourge prior to COVID-19 and is so ingrained in our culture to use the sidewalk or street as a personal shotgun that the trend continues non-stop, even when there are people on the street. wear masks to prevent COVID transmission.
I know I’m in grave danger of looking like an angry father, but I would really care less: I’m here to admonish those who enjoy their ways of spraying saliva, because you deserve to feel bad and you really should cut that shit.
Spitting spreads the disease
I know that Dr. Fauci has not published any national PSA on the dangers of spitting with impunity, but you should still know that he is obscenely reckless given the current state of the pandemic. It must be repeated that there is a global plague that has hit the US harder than any other country; we have had more than 300,000 people die from COVID-19 in less than a year, and the heavy account really sees few signs of decline in the immediate future. So why the hell do you spit on the ground, where people walk?
COVID is transmitted in various ways, and yes, the saliva you are spreading on the ground is one of the vehicles through which this virus spreads. But wait, it can spread other diseases as well.
The BBC kindly established some of the conditions that can be transmitted by saliva:
Diseases transmitted by saliva include tuberculosis, hepatitis, viral meningitis, cytomegalovirus (a common virus similar to the herpes virus) and Epstein-Barr virus, which is a common herpes virus. which causes many diseases such as glandular fever.
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We know that external transmission of COVID is inferior to prolonged internal contact with someone who has the virus. You probably won’t catch the virus just by walking for someone who just spat on the ground, but that doesn’t mean you have to spit on the ground during a pandemic. After all, if you have COVID, are you helping or hurting by spitting in public? I think you know the answer.
Friends, it is not difficult
Many of the conventional ways of showing male shit stereotypes have been sidelined by the pandemic, so it may seem like a big tragedy has fallen on hard guys everywhere. But one thing that has remained available in this climate is the ability to spit. The government can’t take it away from you, so congratulations, patriot. Still, the hobby of spitting has never made anyone look hard or fresh. What you think gives off a raw, free manhood, just spreads germs and puts you more on par with an alpaca than a UFC fighter.
It is not a difficult habit to break
Look at it this way: you’re not addicted to spitting it out. I will gladly acknowledge it certain allergies and medical conditions they produce excessive saliva production, so sometimes the need to spit is due to a real medical problem outside the spittoon’s control. But if you are not a chronic disease, ask yourself why need do it first.
It’s a habit or compulsion, but it’s not a necessity like breathing or cracking. The sooner you realize, the sooner you can break the habit. Or, if you spit, at least do so out of sight and hearing of others. (That sounds … uh.) I look forward to a time when more people understand the relationship between public health and disgusting habits like spitting.