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OK, forgive me if my knowledge of virology is painfully lacking, but...
Is there any possible reason anyone should be worried about getting
their hand stamped? And if not, isn't avoiding doing so just playing to
paranoia + misinformation about the flu?

Yes, the stamp touched someone else's hand for a second. So what? If a
visitor considers that to be a health threat, what the heck are they
doing at a museum? Are they going to not touch any of the exhibits (all
of which were touched by other people for a lot longer than a split
second)? Are they going to avoid opening any doors (at the museum, the
stores, schools, restaurants, town hall...) Or how do you know no one
else touched that box of cereal at the supermarket? Or...

It just seems to me that anyone who's concerned about getting their hand
stamped should put themselves in a plastic bubble + get it over with.
Like I said, I could be wrong, and feel free to tell me so if I am, but
this strikes me as a point where reasonable health/sanitary concerns
cross over into hysteria.

Rant over,
Jonah Cohen
Outreach & Public Programs Manager
The Children's Museum


"There's where I come from, where I'm going, and I am lost in between."


-----Original Message-----
> Our usual procedure is to stamp hands as visitors enter, but with all 
> the flu business, our visitors are growing concerned about this.

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