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Rusty Shackleford
Joined: 08 May 2008
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 Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:43 pm Post subject: Good things about Swine Flu |
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http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/some-good-can-come-from-swine-flu/
I hadn't thought of this. There has been way less pink eye than last year. Fully 40% of the kids in some of my classes had it last year.
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A very common ailment in Korean summers and falls is pinkeye (conjunctivitis), and the problem had been getting much worse in the past two years. My Korean co-author tells me, however, that the H1N1 virus has created a positive externality in Korea.
These days, people are encouraged to wash their hands more frequently, and they appear to be doing it. That has sharply reduced cases of pinkeye. On net, I imagine that the economic costs of the swine-flu epidemic exceed the costs of the pinkeye outbreak. Nonetheless, it�s always nice to note the silver lining in an otherwise dark cloud. I wonder how many other examples there are of positive externalities arising out of negative shocks. |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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| The proliferation of hand sanitizer is a good thing as well. I used to think I was the only person within 10km with Purell and now it's everywhere. |
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poeticjustice
Joined: 28 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Xuanzang wrote: |
| The proliferation of hand sanitizer is a good thing as well. I used to think I was the only person within 10km with Purell and now it's everywhere. |
Its all part of Purell's conspiracy to sell more hand sanitizer.
Can you people not see what is right in front of you? |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Well here it's the generic alcohol cleanser. Better than the soap floating in gross, brown water. Or soap on a stick in a washroom that reeks of something... |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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| I love the fact that most of the buildings I go in have some type of sanitizer in the lobby. |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
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| Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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| I love the fact that they're finally letting sick kids (at least the ones with Swine Flu) stay home for a change. |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:15 am Post subject: |
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| Captain Corea wrote: |
| I love the fact that most of the buildings I go in have some type of sanitizer in the lobby. |
I'm a big fan of that too. There's one in the lobby of the building I work in, and I'm an avid user. |
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UknowsI
Joined: 16 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:52 am Post subject: |
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| Xuanzang wrote: |
| Well here it's the generic alcohol cleanser. Better than the soap floating in gross, brown water. Or soap on a stick in a washroom that reeks of something... |
I remember reading an article from back home about how washing your hands (in soap with hot water) is much more effective than using hand sanitizers. It was something similar to soap and water actually getting the germs off your hands while the sanitizer kills most of them and leaves the rest. Anyway, the moral of the story was to wash your hands as you've always done but add the sanitizers in addition. I guess this is what most sane persons would do, but just a warning to anyone who uses it instead of washing. |
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redaxe
Joined: 01 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 3:02 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah I was just thinking today about how I love the fact that they introduced alcohol dispensers in our cafeteria at work where we line up for our food. Before, no one washed their hands, just went straight from keyboard to chopsticks/spoon. I don't give a rip about swine flu, but now I'm that much less likely to get diarrhea from my lunch. |
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BoholDiver
Joined: 03 Oct 2009
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 3:41 am Post subject: |
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| Airline tickets are dirt cheap these days. Travel agents are desperate to get rid of tickets and no one seems to be buying them. |
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ryoga013
Joined: 23 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:59 am Post subject: |
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The office finally put soap in the bathrooms!
If things like soap and basic hygiene is finally being covered, wouldn't that say something about this country's position as "developing" or "recently developed." |
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fermentation
Joined: 22 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:06 am Post subject: |
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| Who would've thought positive changes could come from paranoia? |
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ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:57 am Post subject: |
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| People are also finally learning to cover their mouths and noses when they sneeze and cough. Well, at least some of them are. |
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matthews_world
Joined: 15 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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I couldn't get the thumbs up to do a 'bob for apples' activity for my elem PS Halloween party due to risk of H1N1 contamination.
That's a negative about swine flu.
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ekul
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
Location: [Mod Edit]
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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| The hand sanitizer here is horrible, I feel like I'm rubbing my hands with Soju. |
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