'Kissing can be dangerous': how old advice for TB seems strangely familiar today
- Written by Criena Fitzgerald, Honorary Research Fellow, Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Education, University of Western Australia
We’ve been reminded about avoiding hugging or kissing, especially among large family groups, in light of the recent Melbourne coronavirus clusters.
But alerting the public to the potential for kissing to spread infectious diseases isn’t new. It’s been a feature of past pandemics, including the scourge of tuberculosis...
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