Guest guest Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 Here's a novel look at the spreading of infectious disease. Make sure you keep three feet away from exuberant aspiration. matt " SARS Transmission: Language and Droplet Production, " Sakae Inouye, Lancet, vol. 362, no. 9378, July 12, 2003, p. 170. (Thanks to Mark Schreiber for bringing this to our attention.) The author, who is at Otsuma Women's University, Tokyo, Japan, explains that: " Droplets are generated when patients cough and, to a lesser extent, when they talk during the early stages of disease. I believe that the efficiency of transmission of SARS by talking might be affected by the language spoken.... The Chinese language has an aspiration/ non-aspiration pronunciation system: the consonants p, t, k, q, ch, and c, when placed in front of vowels, are pronounced with a strong breath, by contrast with b, d, g, j, zh, and z. In English, but not in Japanese, p, t, and k are pronounced with a similar accompanying exhalation of breath. Furthermore, the p sound is not used as frequently in Japanese as in English. Aspiration could produce droplets. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 Matt: That's impossible in any public place in Guangzhou. Jack --- facteau8 <facteau8 wrote: > > Here's a novel look at the spreading of infectious > disease. > Make sure you keep three feet away from > exuberant aspiration. > > matt > > > > " SARS Transmission: Language and Droplet > Production, " Sakae Inouye, > Lancet, vol. 362, no. 9378, July 12, 2003, p. 170. > (Thanks to Mark > Schreiber for bringing this to our attention.) The > author, who is at > Otsuma Women's University, Tokyo, Japan, explains > that: > > " Droplets are generated when patients cough and, to > a lesser extent, > when they talk during the early stages of disease. I > believe that the > efficiency of transmission of SARS by talking might > be affected by the > language spoken.... The Chinese language has an > aspiration/ > non-aspiration pronunciation system: the consonants > p, t, k, q, ch, > and c, when placed in front of vowels, are > pronounced with a strong > breath, by contrast with b, d, g, j, zh, and z. In > English, but not in > Japanese, p, t, and k are pronounced with a similar > accompanying > exhalation of breath. Furthermore, the p sound is > not used as > frequently in Japanese as in English. Aspiration > could produce > droplets. " > > > > Hotjobs: Enter the " Signing Bonus " Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes./signingbonus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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