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A good amount of countries have already banned plastic bags without such issue. If this outbreak was really rrlated to plastic bag ban, there must be another fa
by boudin 8y ago
A good amount of countries have already banned plastic bags without such issue. If this outbreak was really rrlated to plastic bag ban, there must be another factor that must be much more relevant than the plastic bags themselves.
Just look at the list of countries that already banned those:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-out_of_lightweight_plastic_bags https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-out_of_lightweight_pla...
- ricardobeat 8y agoI wonder what that other factor could be? Maybe people living in abject conditions in the street and defecating in the open? Just a hunch.
- boudin 8y agoObviously homelessness is the core issue, but unfortunately most countries let people live in those conditions. Nonetheless, there was no outbreaks like the one mentioned in the article in other places banning plastic bags. So assuming that there will be the same sad consequences in New York is just wrong. It would be great that nobody had to leave in street, but in the current situation there must be something specific in San Diego that caused the outbreak, and it's obviously not just banning plastic bags.
- village-idiot 8y agoUS cities in my experience have very few public toilets. The only exceptions I can think of are the ones in parks & beaches.
- bobthepanda 8y agoThis is anecdotal, but having lived on both coasts, public defecation is not nearly as prevalent on the East Coast. New York doesn't have a public bathroom system per se, but government offices like libraries are extremely prevalent, and those will have public bathrooms. Some stores also have bathrooms that are more or less open to the public.