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goobster  ·  1519 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Fall of Wuhan

I'm going to the UK in two weeks with my wife, brother, and his wife. We will be in London for several days, seeing the sights and going to museums. Then traveling to Bath to see a rugby game with 60,000 other people. Then driving cross country to York and Edinburgh and up to Inverness, stopping along the way to see the sights and museums and distilleries and meet new people and experience new foods and drinks and entertainments.

And then flying back to the US.

We're toast, aren't we?





veen  ·  1518 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'll be doing a very similar trip starting in a week. I am legitimately worried, but healthy and young so the odds are in my favour. I'll let you know if I'm toasted.

goobster  ·  1517 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Heh. Literally the next article I read after your post was one that mentioned that infants and "people over 50" are particularly susceptible to Wuhan.

My wife is the youngest of the 4 of us, and turns 50 in April. :-(

Sheesh!

am_Unition  ·  1519 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I’m meeting a Japanese colleague in 30 minutes, should I elbow bump?

Quatrarius  ·  1519 days ago  ·  link  ·  

try bowing, it might make them smile

am_Unition  ·  1519 days ago  ·  link  ·  

He went for the handshake, which I didn't deny. Maybe you kid, but I could actually see him appreciating a subtle bow.

Ugh, I'm a sociopath.