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30 Memes Roasting Inconsiderate People Who Catch Cheap Flights During Coronavirus Outbreak
With the coronavirus public health crisis in full swing, the Department of State has restricted travel from and to the US. Chinese and Iranian citizens are no longer allowed to enter the country, and any US national coming back from one of the emergency-stricken countries is required to self-quarantine for 14 days. That should be enough to stay home, you think.
But for some individuals, slashed airline prices are all it takes to pack a bag and get into holiday mode. Hence, people are giving a roasting meme treatment to everyone with a positive coronavirus test who thinks it’s the right time to travel. If you need a laugh amidst this reality, a good vacation meme might lighten the mood, too. Let’s take a look at some of the best pieces so far.
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Even though the Center For Disease Control And Prevention has made it clear that people should avoid non-essential travel, the recent travel deals for international and domestic flights might look tempting. Expedia offers a flight from New York to Paris for only 112 dollars on March 23. Austin Horowitz, an aviation management consultant, explains that “it’s almost a negative price that airlines will have to pay to get people to fly.” But airlines are willing to keep prices so low in order to make people start traveling again.
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Some believe that the risk of air travel comes down to the recycled air all passengers breathe during a flight. All planes have HEPA (high efficiency particulate air) filters installed to filter out 99.9% percent of dust, mold, and microbes. If they work properly, then there’s no reason to worry about the air too much. The close proximity between passengers and various surfaces on the plane may cause far greater risk. If you do fly, then remember to wash your hands frequently throughout the flight and try not to touch your face.
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Johnny Farnen 6 years ago
Masks do NOT work. Properly fitted respirators worn by people trained in their use and maintenance do. Stop buying masks and gloves. Those of us that work in health care and labs need them and cannot get them as a result of ignorant panic buying.
Emerald Joanna 6 years ago (edited)
Doctor here...yes, they do work. That's why we are using them in practice. Maybe what you meant was: using them INCORRECTLY means they won't work. Like not fitting them correctly over your mouth and nose or wearing them much longer than is recommended etc.
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Christian Didonna 5 years ago
you wear the mask to protect those around you incase you or someone else gets sick
Kelley Karle 6 years ago
To those, especially those who ARE in the medical field, telling people to stop buying masks and save them for the people who need them—— YOU SHOULDNT HAVE A MEDICAL DEGREE. You have to be a complete nimrod to not put this together on your own, but I’m going to do it for you anyway since I clearly went to a better college than you did. THE CORONAVIRUS DOES NOT SHOW SYMPTOMS FOR ABOUT A WEEK DURING INCUBATION PERIOD IN WHICH THEY ARE STILL CONTAGIOUS!!!!! Some do not even show symptoms AT ALL!!!!! So everyone who wasn’t sick a week ago and now is, you can thank the people who told the person that infected you last week not to wear a mask... EVERYONE SHOULD BE WEARING A MASK! EVERYONE!
Pretty Pangolin 6 years ago
Gave in and went to buy masks yesterday. Turns out they've been out of stock...for three weeks! I don't know people were freaking out that early. So I ordered some on Amazon. Guess where they ship from? China!
None Of Your Business 6 years ago (edited)
Masks don't work unless you are in the medical field? I find that to be an oddly hypocritical statement.
Talia Johnson 6 years ago
Masks protect against liquid splashes, and work for a short period of time before they become permeable. So they are ideal for doing procedures in a medical setting, and almost entirely useless for protecting you against Coronavirus for more than about 10 minutes. Their only benefit for general use is to prevent symptomatic people spreading droplets when they cough and sneeze.
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Freya the Wanderer 6 years ago
Some masks work, some don't. As always, common sense is the best protection.
Craig Lee 6 years ago
It's not just about whether a mask works or not, but your more likely to pick it up on your hands and then contract it by taking off the mask and touching your face in the process, or just not completely cleaning up and eventually touching your face after the mask is off. So more than 99% of the masks are pointless.
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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 6 years ago
Remember that muddy Chihuahua legs a week ago? With the talk boot legs?
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IT'S THE SWEET ONE 6 years ago
Welcome to the Atlanta airport - literal most busy airport on earth
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Ruth Mayfly 6 years ago
No don't go to your doctor and give it to everyone in the waiting room and your doctor too. Go to a special testing pod.
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Henry C Myers 6 years ago
when you develop a fever, a cough, and the sudden urge to travel the world
For those interested in a deeper understanding of how the coronavirus outbreak impacts different groups, especially regarding access to medical testing and treatment, there's valuable insight available that highlights disparities between public experiences and those of high-profile individuals. This perspective can shed light on the broader context of the pandemic, complementing the travel-related concerns discussed here.
You can explore more about disparities in care between celebrities and the general public for a comprehensive view.
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What does a Foxxy say? 6 years ago (edited)
Travelling when sick is a d**k move. My nanna almost died because of an a*****e who was coughing and spluttering on the plane and what made it worse is he didn’t cover his mouth. Her final overseas holiday was ruined, she ended up in hospital with a severe chest infection that turned into pneumonia and effected her heart. A few weeks after she got back home from her holiday she ended up in hospital because she had a mini stroke and it is believed to have been caused when she was sick overseas. They had to change her dosage of blood thinners because of the effect the pneumonia was having in her heart which ended up thickening her blood and causing a small clot. People really need to have some consideration for others.
Pretty Pangolin 6 years ago
Your poor nanna! Hope she is doing better now.
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giovanna 6 years ago (edited)
People diagnosed with Coronavirus in Italy are legally quarantined. They risk 5 years detention and forced treatment if they don't follow the quarantine. The problem is not ppl with a diagnosis of coronavirus. The problem is ppl without a diagnosis who go around as if nothing was happening around them and can either be positive with no symptoms, but still spreading the virus, or negative, and ready to catch it. Stay at f*****g home you people. And I'm talking about Italy where we have a free, accessible, national, public, very well working health care system. Can't even imagine in the USA.
giovanna 6 years ago (edited)
No, Paper moon, I'm not trolling. People are dying in Italy as well. What I'm saying is that you should use this crisis to urge your politicians to find a solution. Public health care is not communism, is just civilization. Viruses don't care if you have an insurance or not, and this one seems to spread very quickly. And your president is still in denial.
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N G 6 years ago
IMO - these aren't funny or true ! Almost everyone who feels sick would stay at home and follow medical advice. The problem is that people don't have bad symptoms at the start, so their life continues as normal for a few days. People come back from their foreign travels, they feel fine and they infect several people before they feel unwell.
Laura 6 years ago
I live in Italy!! These memes are dramatically true! The only way to avoid spreading the infection is stay at home!!!! But for a lot of people is very difficult to understand!!
bryguy 6 years ago
Because so many people are saying 'well more people die from the flu but nobody cares!' without doing any of their own research into the facts and science, which is downplaying the seriousness of this virus.
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WilvanderHeijden 6 years ago
Best joke is in my country the Netherlands. Government tells people in my province to stay home and avoid social contacts. Dozens of events and meetings have been cancelled because of Corona. Schools have closed, teachers stay home if they even think they have corona, parents keep their children home, people work from home and everyone is just doing the best they can to stop spreading the disease. And than there's a club of millionaires that decided they are going through with an indoor concours hippique where the champagne flows and Corona will spread. But hey, we're rich and we don't care.
Zenozenobee 6 years ago
They should read Poe's Masque of The Red Death... ;p
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Iggy 6 years ago
I am glad to see that other people are as annoyed as I am by the selfishness of people booking flights during a pandemic. Anyone who uses it as an excuse for a cheap holiday is an absolute arsehole!
Full Name 6 years ago
If I could get away right now I totally would without a second thought. Many areas of the world are just fine to go to right now.
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Jenica Thomas 6 years ago
And here I am, trying to do the right thing, trying to stay away from people, but I can't even find toilet paper! Here's the way I see it. Yes, be concerned. Sickness is always a good thing to avoid. I tend to not just get sick, but get REALLY sick so I totally get it... But don't panic and buy all of everything the store has to offer. You don't need 3 cases of hand sanitizer and 5 years worth of toilet paper! Buy what you need, plus maybe a little extra just to be safe. I shouldn't be spending hours of my life trying to track down a 4 pack of TP and then paying twice as much as it's really worth. And for the love STOP TRAVELING IF IT ISN'T ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY!
LittleMissLotus 6 years ago
Honestly, I really would like to know what's going through the heads of people who travel when they know they're clearly ill... Do they WANT people to die!?!?
Tara Stevens 5 years ago
I think it’s a lack of understanding regarding incubation periods, you can be infected and spreading the virus for, on average, 10-14 days before having any symptoms.
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Lea Springstead 6 years ago
The human world needs to stop for a month. No flights anywhere, no big events, everyone work from home, home school, minimal travel, have disinfecting teams assigned in each community, see what new infections pop up, treat those in isolation, eradicate the illness & resume function. But nooooooooo....
ivan bolitekurac 6 years ago
Do you know what "stop for a month" means?Do you even mean what stop for a few minutes means?This is not a light switch you turn off and on.This sounds nice in theory but governments,banks and corporations are losing money every second.And guess who is gonna feel it the most?
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Phyllicia Goh 6 years ago
I work in a company of 3 people including me. Neither my boss nor my colleague thinks it's necessary to wear a mask when they are sick. So there I am sitting healthy for the past few weeks with them sniffing and coughing in a small office and sitting in close proximity. Both of them are well-aware of how serious the current situation is but hey no one's doing anything. It's not like I want them to wear mask coz' of the virus but shouldn't you be socially responsible? And as a boss, shouldn't you set a good example for your employees to follow instead of coughing your lungs out without covering your mouth? I know you are the boss and you own the office, you can cough wherever you want. Still??
Petra Schaap 6 years ago (edited)
ohno do not travel!! better stay here, ride the bus to work and handle money from filthy customers that dont give a f!ck. I work as a cleaningwoman. Its the same old people that never ever wash their hands when they come from the toilets, and touch everything with their dirty germs hands. Its also the same old people that will make fun of you when you wanna give a fistbump instead of a handshake. But at least they dont trafel. And no, I do not travel now or in the near future. edit: maybe its not the traveling but the(lack of) personal hygiene thats the problem?
Aunt Messy 6 years ago
People aren't allowed on airplanes when they're sick. What stupid s**t came up with this idea?
YupItsMe1234 6 years ago
Somebody should make one for the Dad in Saint Louis. "O my daughter tested positive for Corona virus? Let me go to a father daughter dance real quick to "spread" the good news...."
RaroaRaroa 6 years ago
To be fair, I don't think people who know they have coronavirus travel any more than those who know they have the flu. The problem is, they can have it for a couple of weeks before they know they have it and by then they've infected who knows how many people.
Kenny Kulbiski 6 years ago
Please, a little compassion here. A lot of these people are probably U.S. citizens trying to get to a country with affordable health care.
Luisa Vasconcelos 6 years ago
If I would live in America, this is the first thing I would do.
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Charlotte A. 6 years ago
same joke, different pictures... (except the last two that feel quite rude towards the Chinese as they are targeted specifically)
Sterling Wible 6 years ago
I don’t know why the joking around about the Coronavirus because if one of the family member or they got it they wouldn’t be happy so making memes about isn’t right.
Spring Fisk 6 years ago
dark humor brakes tension and can be healing in an odd way
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Joyce Blodgett 2 years ago
Why is this being posted in 2023? It was bad enough in2020, we don't need a reminder of that disastrous year and time. Move on, BP, grow up!
Viv Hart 5 years ago
What can those airlines be thinking, that people want to go to where the virus is? I have seen photos of the canals of Venice, clear of pollution with all the tourists gone! The smaller tourist footprint is a boon to the Earth. I also saw a satellite image of Italy before the Corona outbreak, and after, almost no air pollution!
Franco C 6 years ago
As stress inducing and frustrating as this situation is, I think a period of enforced stay-at-home will actually benefit people in other ways. Better health in general maybe? Not trying and being expected to do 100 things a day at work. If your home situation allows, some time for contemplation or encouraging a different kind of social interaction. We still have digital communication. This will all blow over sooner rather than later I hope, with minimal/no further casualties, but i see it as a kind of social reboot.
Hendra Lim 6 years ago
hm.... maybe the virus hijacked their brain to help the virus to spread more easily?
TilaLowe 6 years ago
Before the corona virus was getting big my family planned a trip to Florida and I'm going to a concert. I'm really scared :(
Spikey Bunny 6 years ago
Did anyone just watch Trumps speech from the Oval Office? WOW! No air travel to/from Europe (except the UK), suddenly we'll have covivid-19 insurance coverage, a bunch of money for loans, tax breaks... So many big changes it's hard to believe. He actually seemed very nervous and that isn't like him. Now I am exceptionally scared.
Full Name 6 years ago
He's a dumbass. He should want people to freak and the stock market to plummet. Then when things return to normal and people start making the big bucks in the market again he can "take credit" for how well things are going just before the election. People have short memories.
Load More Replies... Spikey Bunny 6 years ago
They are saying to except 150,000,000 cases of covivid-19 in the US. With a death rate at around %2.5, that means about 3,750,000 could die in the US alone. We don't have universal healthcare in the US. My guess is that many people will not get tested, will not get help soon enough, and spread the virus even more, and possibly due in greater numbers. Stay home and wash you hands! This is not funny.
Jaxson Evans 6 years ago (edited)
You cannot get Coronavirus without Lyme disease bc you can’t have a Corona without a Lime Common sense people come on
Spikey Bunny 6 years ago
I see you are trying to be funny... Unfortunately, none of this is funny right now.
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NeverGoWoke 6 years ago
No one should travel to work or overseas if they're ill - stay home. I don't understand people that cough and sneeze on public transport/in their office when they're ill; it's disgusting.
Helen Haley 6 years ago
I don't know about other countries, but the US does it because we have sick days, we don't want fired. We live paycheck to paycheck and can't afford to miss the money.
Load More Replies... Freya the Wanderer 6 years ago
Does Covid-19 really give people wanderlust? If so, that makes it even more dangerous.
bryguy 6 years ago
Not every single case is in quarantine, otherwise it would not have spread anywhere. But it has spread to 121 countries within 2 months. smh
Load More Replies... What does a Foxxy say? 6 years ago (edited)
Travelling when sick is a d**k move. My nanna almost died because of an a*****e who was coughing and spluttering on the plane and what made it worse is he didn’t cover his mouth. Her final overseas holiday was ruined, she ended up in hospital with a severe chest infection that turned into pneumonia and effected her heart. A few weeks after she got back home from her holiday she ended up in hospital because she had a mini stroke and it is believed to have been caused when she was sick overseas. They had to change her dosage of blood thinners because of the effect the pneumonia was having in her heart which ended up thickening her blood and causing a small clot. People really need to have some consideration for others.
Pretty Pangolin 6 years ago
Your poor nanna! Hope she is doing better now.
Load More Replies... giovanna 6 years ago (edited)
People diagnosed with Coronavirus in Italy are legally quarantined. They risk 5 years detention and forced treatment if they don't follow the quarantine. The problem is not ppl with a diagnosis of coronavirus. The problem is ppl without a diagnosis who go around as if nothing was happening around them and can either be positive with no symptoms, but still spreading the virus, or negative, and ready to catch it. Stay at f*****g home you people. And I'm talking about Italy where we have a free, accessible, national, public, very well working health care system. Can't even imagine in the USA.
giovanna 6 years ago (edited)
No, Paper moon, I'm not trolling. People are dying in Italy as well. What I'm saying is that you should use this crisis to urge your politicians to find a solution. Public health care is not communism, is just civilization. Viruses don't care if you have an insurance or not, and this one seems to spread very quickly. And your president is still in denial.
Load More Replies... N G 6 years ago
IMO - these aren't funny or true ! Almost everyone who feels sick would stay at home and follow medical advice. The problem is that people don't have bad symptoms at the start, so their life continues as normal for a few days. People come back from their foreign travels, they feel fine and they infect several people before they feel unwell.
Laura 6 years ago
I live in Italy!! These memes are dramatically true! The only way to avoid spreading the infection is stay at home!!!! But for a lot of people is very difficult to understand!!
bryguy 6 years ago
Because so many people are saying 'well more people die from the flu but nobody cares!' without doing any of their own research into the facts and science, which is downplaying the seriousness of this virus.
Load More Replies... WilvanderHeijden 6 years ago
Best joke is in my country the Netherlands. Government tells people in my province to stay home and avoid social contacts. Dozens of events and meetings have been cancelled because of Corona. Schools have closed, teachers stay home if they even think they have corona, parents keep their children home, people work from home and everyone is just doing the best they can to stop spreading the disease. And than there's a club of millionaires that decided they are going through with an indoor concours hippique where the champagne flows and Corona will spread. But hey, we're rich and we don't care.
Zenozenobee 6 years ago
They should read Poe's Masque of The Red Death... ;p
Load More Replies... Iggy 6 years ago
I am glad to see that other people are as annoyed as I am by the selfishness of people booking flights during a pandemic. Anyone who uses it as an excuse for a cheap holiday is an absolute arsehole!
Full Name 6 years ago
If I could get away right now I totally would without a second thought. Many areas of the world are just fine to go to right now.
Load More Replies... Jenica Thomas 6 years ago
And here I am, trying to do the right thing, trying to stay away from people, but I can't even find toilet paper! Here's the way I see it. Yes, be concerned. Sickness is always a good thing to avoid. I tend to not just get sick, but get REALLY sick so I totally get it... But don't panic and buy all of everything the store has to offer. You don't need 3 cases of hand sanitizer and 5 years worth of toilet paper! Buy what you need, plus maybe a little extra just to be safe. I shouldn't be spending hours of my life trying to track down a 4 pack of TP and then paying twice as much as it's really worth. And for the love STOP TRAVELING IF IT ISN'T ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY!
LittleMissLotus 6 years ago
Honestly, I really would like to know what's going through the heads of people who travel when they know they're clearly ill... Do they WANT people to die!?!?
Tara Stevens 5 years ago
I think it’s a lack of understanding regarding incubation periods, you can be infected and spreading the virus for, on average, 10-14 days before having any symptoms.
Load More Replies... Lea Springstead 6 years ago
The human world needs to stop for a month. No flights anywhere, no big events, everyone work from home, home school, minimal travel, have disinfecting teams assigned in each community, see what new infections pop up, treat those in isolation, eradicate the illness & resume function. But nooooooooo....
ivan bolitekurac 6 years ago
Do you know what "stop for a month" means?Do you even mean what stop for a few minutes means?This is not a light switch you turn off and on.This sounds nice in theory but governments,banks and corporations are losing money every second.And guess who is gonna feel it the most?
Load More Replies... Phyllicia Goh 6 years ago
I work in a company of 3 people including me. Neither my boss nor my colleague thinks it's necessary to wear a mask when they are sick. So there I am sitting healthy for the past few weeks with them sniffing and coughing in a small office and sitting in close proximity. Both of them are well-aware of how serious the current situation is but hey no one's doing anything. It's not like I want them to wear mask coz' of the virus but shouldn't you be socially responsible? And as a boss, shouldn't you set a good example for your employees to follow instead of coughing your lungs out without covering your mouth? I know you are the boss and you own the office, you can cough wherever you want. Still??
Petra Schaap 6 years ago (edited)
ohno do not travel!! better stay here, ride the bus to work and handle money from filthy customers that dont give a f!ck. I work as a cleaningwoman. Its the same old people that never ever wash their hands when they come from the toilets, and touch everything with their dirty germs hands. Its also the same old people that will make fun of you when you wanna give a fistbump instead of a handshake. But at least they dont trafel. And no, I do not travel now or in the near future. edit: maybe its not the traveling but the(lack of) personal hygiene thats the problem?
Aunt Messy 6 years ago
People aren't allowed on airplanes when they're sick. What stupid s**t came up with this idea?
YupItsMe1234 6 years ago
Somebody should make one for the Dad in Saint Louis. "O my daughter tested positive for Corona virus? Let me go to a father daughter dance real quick to "spread" the good news...."
RaroaRaroa 6 years ago
To be fair, I don't think people who know they have coronavirus travel any more than those who know they have the flu. The problem is, they can have it for a couple of weeks before they know they have it and by then they've infected who knows how many people.
Kenny Kulbiski 6 years ago
Please, a little compassion here. A lot of these people are probably U.S. citizens trying to get to a country with affordable health care.
Luisa Vasconcelos 6 years ago
If I would live in America, this is the first thing I would do.
Load More Replies... Charlotte A. 6 years ago
same joke, different pictures... (except the last two that feel quite rude towards the Chinese as they are targeted specifically)
Sterling Wible 6 years ago
I don’t know why the joking around about the Coronavirus because if one of the family member or they got it they wouldn’t be happy so making memes about isn’t right.
Spring Fisk 6 years ago
dark humor brakes tension and can be healing in an odd way
Load More Replies... Joyce Blodgett 2 years ago
Why is this being posted in 2023? It was bad enough in2020, we don't need a reminder of that disastrous year and time. Move on, BP, grow up!
Viv Hart 5 years ago
What can those airlines be thinking, that people want to go to where the virus is? I have seen photos of the canals of Venice, clear of pollution with all the tourists gone! The smaller tourist footprint is a boon to the Earth. I also saw a satellite image of Italy before the Corona outbreak, and after, almost no air pollution!
Franco C 6 years ago
As stress inducing and frustrating as this situation is, I think a period of enforced stay-at-home will actually benefit people in other ways. Better health in general maybe? Not trying and being expected to do 100 things a day at work. If your home situation allows, some time for contemplation or encouraging a different kind of social interaction. We still have digital communication. This will all blow over sooner rather than later I hope, with minimal/no further casualties, but i see it as a kind of social reboot.
Hendra Lim 6 years ago
hm.... maybe the virus hijacked their brain to help the virus to spread more easily?
TilaLowe 6 years ago
Before the corona virus was getting big my family planned a trip to Florida and I'm going to a concert. I'm really scared :(
Spikey Bunny 6 years ago
Did anyone just watch Trumps speech from the Oval Office? WOW! No air travel to/from Europe (except the UK), suddenly we'll have covivid-19 insurance coverage, a bunch of money for loans, tax breaks... So many big changes it's hard to believe. He actually seemed very nervous and that isn't like him. Now I am exceptionally scared.
Full Name 6 years ago
He's a dumbass. He should want people to freak and the stock market to plummet. Then when things return to normal and people start making the big bucks in the market again he can "take credit" for how well things are going just before the election. People have short memories.
Load More Replies... Spikey Bunny 6 years ago
They are saying to except 150,000,000 cases of covivid-19 in the US. With a death rate at around %2.5, that means about 3,750,000 could die in the US alone. We don't have universal healthcare in the US. My guess is that many people will not get tested, will not get help soon enough, and spread the virus even more, and possibly due in greater numbers. Stay home and wash you hands! This is not funny.
Jaxson Evans 6 years ago (edited)
You cannot get Coronavirus without Lyme disease bc you can’t have a Corona without a Lime Common sense people come on
Spikey Bunny 6 years ago
I see you are trying to be funny... Unfortunately, none of this is funny right now.
Load More Replies... NeverGoWoke 6 years ago
No one should travel to work or overseas if they're ill - stay home. I don't understand people that cough and sneeze on public transport/in their office when they're ill; it's disgusting.
Helen Haley 6 years ago
I don't know about other countries, but the US does it because we have sick days, we don't want fired. We live paycheck to paycheck and can't afford to miss the money.
Load More Replies... Freya the Wanderer 6 years ago
Does Covid-19 really give people wanderlust? If so, that makes it even more dangerous.
bryguy 6 years ago
Not every single case is in quarantine, otherwise it would not have spread anywhere. But it has spread to 121 countries within 2 months. smh
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