tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042614661767202627.post8949633832191544021..comments2009-06-04T12:31:56.196+09:00Comments on Robots in the field: Different Masks; The example of swine fluMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06262141526008805794noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042614661767202627.post-73623705202072423042009-05-08T17:02:00.000+09:002009-05-08T17:02:00.000+09:00Yeah guess I am really canadian then :P But reflex...Yeah guess I am really canadian then :P But reflexively, its hard to really say why face masks seem paranoid and condoms seem just good sense, for example...Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06262141526008805794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042614661767202627.post-89742232856766937872009-05-07T11:12:00.000+09:002009-05-07T11:12:00.000+09:00Interesting that you bring up face-masks/swine flu...Interesting that you bring up face-masks/swine flu because there is a lot of panic surrounding the flu here too but the face mask response is quite different. for example, people i know that have been traveling recently mention people that WERE wearing masks in the airports as sort of a novelty and really strange. like "there are some really paranoid ppl out there! get this! i saw one guy that was wearing a surgical mask in the victoria airport. can you believe that??". and then everyone listening to the story debated about how the swine flu is getting out of proportion (like SARS) and how some people get waaay too paranoid about these things (as evidenced by wearing said masks). so there you have it. discussions going on in canada on the same disease and the same practice but from very different perspectives!Julienoreply@blogger.com