The response in the USA was so comically bad! “Well there’s no research to support that spitting in each other’s mouths is a bad idea, so I could not advise ag

The response in the USA was so comically bad! “Well there’s no research to support that spitting in each other’s mouths is a bad idea, so I could not advise against it” That’s not a real quote, but typifies the ludicrously moronic vein of thinking that was doled out as public advisory. It was intentionally obtuse, with not even a vague resemblance of insight or good judgement.