I wonder how much of this is due to football. I can't imagine a football game using the metric system ("The receiver ran for 10.3 meters before he was tackled")
Old people, get the pneumococcal vaccinations, Prevnar 13 and 23 and if you've had chicken pox get the shingles vaccination, preferably the newest more effective Shingrex. And of course, get your flu shot as soon as that vaccine is available each Fall.
I wonder if this is prevalent in Asia or whether it's a Western concept - I can't remember a version of "cooties" while growing up as a kid in Indonesia.
I ran across this topic in my Jack the Ripper days, concerning how the murders were actually committed.
The article referenced is wrong - he did NOT simply hold their heads underwater. Tests proved that could not be accomplished if the woman was unwilling. What he did was to get her in the bath, put her at ease by tenderly talking to her, playfully teasing and touching her naked body, and ending up at her feet, which he would then grasp, playfully, and suddenly pull, yanking her head underwater and also forcing water up her nose, which caused her to black out. THEN he merely held her head underwater until she drowned.
The detective in charge of the case, before doctors and other witnesses, did the same thing to a (dressed) policewoman who had volunteered for the job, although he was careful not to tell her what he was going to do. She blacked out as had the actual victims and the doctors were able to resuscitate her. The recreation was good enough for a jury.
https://www.express.co.uk/comment/columnists/leo-mckinstry/598122/The-brides-in-the-bath-murders
The article referenced is wrong - he did NOT simply hold their heads underwater. Tests proved that could not be accomplished if the woman was unwilling. What he did was to get her in the bath, put her at ease by tenderly talking to her, playfully teasing and touching her naked body, and ending up at her feet, which he would then grasp, playfully, and suddenly pull, yanking her head underwater and also forcing water up her nose, which caused her to black out. THEN he merely held her head underwater until she drowned.
The detective in charge of the case, before doctors and other witnesses, did the same thing to a (dressed) policewoman who had volunteered for the job, although he was careful not to tell her what he was going to do. She blacked out as had the actual victims and the doctors were able to resuscitate her. The recreation was good enough for a jury.