San Francisco’s health department is launching a public awareness campaign called “Infect Me Not,” Chronicle’s City Insider reports. It promotes basic “healthy habits” like stay at home when you’re sick, wash your hands often, don’t share personal items, etc.
Unfortunately this public campaign doesn’t have rules specific to Muni, which I think really deserves a public health campaign of its own. If you’ve been reading our Gross section, you’d know that health department should include a “Do Not Fart or Defecate” rule, a “Avoid Spraying Toxic Fumes” rule, and a “Leave the Personal Grooming at Home” rule. I mean, at the very least, as the ladies at Muni Manners would agree, cover your mouth when you cough and please, for the love of god, use the other hand to hold the metal rail!
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I’ve taken to coughing into my elbows so my hands are relatively germ-free. I’m always shocked when people don’t bother to cover their mouths at all, but can’t figure out how to mention it to someone who’s just done it.
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Fine friends at Muni Diaries – we couldn’t agree more! Despite our our own two-woman campaign to get riders to cover up during CSY, we’re continually surprised at the state of civility on mass transit when it comes to spreading spores. There can’t be enough reminders – bravo!
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Gosh, recently in Montreal there was a campaign to encourage people to cover coughing with the crook of their elbows instead of their hands, and now you can barely clear your throat without a dirty look from someone. Once on a crowded rush hour subway train here, I saw some punkish teenage girls with their feet up on a seat. Some random woman got on the train, absolutely *shoved* their feet off the seat without a word, and people were actually applauding and cheering as she comfortably and righteously sat down. But Montreal is lucky.
I just imagine that someday someone will read this blog and think to themselves, “Hm, you know what? Maybe I shouldn’t piss and shit directly all over the seats on the bus.” Then this blog could focus on the important things in life, such as not spitting into people’s mouths, or rubbing our penises against strangers’ faces.
Totally love San Francisco in spite of it all!
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