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Scientific education will change this behavior. Once you prove that this stuff has no positive effects on the body, people will stop eating it..
Yaah, Rrrright! For the reason above there are no more Chinese buyers of rhino horns....
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Listen, knowing where you live, I understand where you are coming from. As a fellow former Bay Area resident let me state that I also believed that people are rational in their behavior and technology and education is going to fix all humanity's problems. And then I moved to Asia... and now I am much less convinced about my previous believes despite living in the most developed place in the region.
P.S. On topic: BBC's article says that each person infects between 1.5 to 2.5 people so the spread of the virus is self sustaining and quarantine is not going to help.