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The US is not as different as you think. Seat belts are mandatory in 49/50 states, restrictions on smoking are common, restaurant employees generally need to wa

The US is not as different as you think. Seat belts are mandatory in 49/50 states, restrictions on smoking are common, restaurant employees generally need to wash their hands after going to the bathroom, "no shirt no shoes no service" is the general rule, nudity in public places is generally against the law. I don't know where you are getting your impression of US laws from, but it's just wrong.

iso1631 5y ago
> restaurant employees generally need to wash their hands after going to the bathroom I struggle to grasp a society where that has to be mandated
- ZoomerCretin 5y ago
  >I struggle to grasp a society where that has to be mandated You're probably unaware of the high prevalence of fecal bacteria on public surfaces, then. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16134485/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16134485/ https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/29/mcdonalds-touchscreen-kiosks-in-uk-contain-traces-of-feces.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/29/mcdonalds-touchscreen-kiosks... "A study by U.K. newspaper Metro found gut and fecal bacteria on touchscreens in all of the chain’s restaurants it surveyed. It took samples from the screens in eight branches and found that they contained coliform bacteria, a group of microorganisms found in people’s intestines as well as in soil and on plants."
  - landemva 5y ago
    After the restaurant waiter or cook is done texting and then flushes the toilet, they wash their hands. Do they wash their phone? Or do they put phone in pocket, go back to kitchen, and proceed to finger the phone for the next hour and contaminate everything while playing their role wearing a mask?
meragrin_ 5y ago
My take was not that the US does not have same/similar rules, but that the US does have same/similar rules while thinking mask mandates as somehow different from those.

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The US is not as different as you think. Seat belts are mandatory in 49/50 states, restrictions on smoking are common, restaurant employees generally need to wa

by Georgelemental 5y ago

iso1631 5y ago
> restaurant employees generally need to wash their hands after going to the bathroom I struggle to grasp a society where that has to be mandated
- ZoomerCretin 5y ago
  >I struggle to grasp a society where that has to be mandated You're probably unaware of the high prevalence of fecal bacteria on public surfaces, then. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16134485/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16134485/ https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/29/mcdonalds-touchscreen-kiosks-in-uk-contain-traces-of-feces.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/29/mcdonalds-touchscreen-kiosks... "A study by U.K. newspaper Metro found gut and fecal bacteria on touchscreens in all of the chain’s restaurants it surveyed. It took samples from the screens in eight branches and found that they contained coliform bacteria, a group of microorganisms found in people’s intestines as well as in soil and on plants."
  - landemva 5y ago
    After the restaurant waiter or cook is done texting and then flushes the toilet, they wash their hands. Do they wash their phone? Or do they put phone in pocket, go back to kitchen, and proceed to finger the phone for the next hour and contaminate everything while playing their role wearing a mask?
meragrin_ 5y ago
My take was not that the US does not have same/similar rules, but that the US does have same/similar rules while thinking mask mandates as somehow different from those.