“If someone on the train coughs, everyone disembarks at the next stop, wipes their face and swigs a little mouthwash or maybe vodka. In NYC the stores are sold out of hand sanitizer, alcohol, antibacterial wipes, etc. On the subway at rush hour if you stand within 6 inches of 4 different people, they smell nice, like a doctor’s office. They try not to talk or even exhale. They avoid eye contact lest the virus be spread visually. Some people wear face masks-- useful for preventing them from picking their noses, which, once you’ve touched a deadly railing, could implant the virus in your body and in a week or two you’d be in a TB sanitarium on a desert island, tended by nurses in hazmat suits. Republicans believe the epidemic will hit big cities hardest, keeping Democratic voters home in the fall. Democrats believe it will knock the Dow Jones down to where Republicans are disheartened. “
At www.laprogressive.com
