Don't laugh. I
almost did but it's not necessarily a joke. As the Global Times reported:
”In a lengthy and
seemingly humorous yet serious article on its WeChat account, the Center for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of Tongzhou district in Beijing clarified
that farts, normally, do not constitute another transmission route of COVID-19,
unless someone takes a good and rather close sniff of gas from a pantless
patient.”
Earlier this
year, a Beijing district office for the Center for Disease Control and
Prevention announced that pants should be an effective barrier against farts that might
carry the novel coronavirus. So to avoid spreading COVID-19, practice
responsible social distancing—and avoid farting naked around other people.
Which is honestly a good rule of etiquette for life in general.
So as long as
someone farting is wearing pants, there is no danger of transmitting the
COVID-19, they say. I'm pretty sure this is not a joke. More at Mental Floss and Global Times.
My thanks to Ronnie at Time goes Bye for this
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