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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 8:13 pm
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Originally Posted by anacapamalibu
What I don't understand is if people are all using their chopsticks for a community bowl, wouldn't that transfer germs?
Sure that would.

I've been so used to the extra pairs of communal chopsticks in Hong Kong, US and larger cities of China in the past many years; when I first visited some rural areas in China 2 years ago, I felt uncomfortable eating with the locals when they just stuck their chopsticks to everything, including the soup.

But then my dad mentioned this to me. We've traveled around the world and have immunity to various kinds of germs. While many of the locals haven't traveled beyond a few miles of their village in their lives. So, they should be the one worrying, not us.

Fortunately, I haven't wiped out the local population from the germs I brought into their world.
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