public transport is bad for your health
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4056411.stm
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As one the replies on the BBC page points out, it's also a good means of immunisation. Also better for your health than the much higher injury rate arising from cars, never mind the benefits of not sitting in a traffic jam behind someone's exahust pipe!
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Typical rubbish article to fill up space in papers and 24hr so-called news programmes. I quote:-
"No scientific research has yet been done on this but experts in virology believe"
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I was on a train once when a briefcase-carrying businesswoman got boarded and sat diagonally opposite from me. She looked quite normal, clean and sober. Without any warning she suddenly vomited copiously all over the floor of the carriage, splashing my shoes.
She didn't say anything, she just kind of looked at me with a raised-eyebrows sad look. I just smiled and said to her, well, that's public transport for you!
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I commuted the 25 miles into central London by train for ten years, finishing that regime 6.5 years ago. During the commuting years I was plagued with colds, flu and URT infections, one after the other. Since then, I get about one a year. There's no doubt in my mind that trains, planes and buses are perfect environments for breeding and spreading bugs.
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and also for causing extra stress. My daily commute by car takes 20 mins. By public transport it takes a minimum of 70 mins - and that's when everything runs ok.
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UK is currently suffering from a Mumps epidemic, just so you all know
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Great. Just in time for Christmas then!
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