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		bitwize on March 24, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Abe, IOC agree to delay Tokyo Olympics by one year I think that more than masks, Japanese are more fastidious about handwashing. For example, Japanese restaurants routinely supply a wet Handi-Wipe with your meal -- even McDonald's.

SAI_Peregrinus on March 24, 2020 [–]

And they don't shake hands. That's a very easy way to transfer germs, and endemic to Western culture.

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