Comments on: How to Tie a Fomite http://symtym.net/2004/05/tie_fomite/ meandering healthcare, law, technology... Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:46:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jimbo http://symtym.net/2004/05/tie_fomite/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Jimbo Wed, 07 Jul 2004 08:41:00 +0000 http://symtym.com/?p=46#comment-5 This is just political correctness. Take away the doctor's neckties - then what? What about their shoes? Those are covered with germs. "lose the wingtips, doc!" And the pinstriped suits? I can see an area at the hospital security desk piled high with expensive suits, Italian loafers, dress socks and cufflinks taken from doctors who make their rounds barefoot in hospital gowns. In other words - get real. This is just political correctness. Take away the doctor’s neckties – then what? What about their shoes? Those are covered with germs. “lose the wingtips, doc!” And the pinstriped suits?

I can see an area at the hospital security desk piled high with expensive suits, Italian loafers, dress socks and cufflinks taken from doctors who make their rounds barefoot in hospital gowns. In other words – get real.

]]> By: Jimbo http://symtym.net/2004/05/tie_fomite/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Jimbo Wed, 07 Jul 2004 06:41:00 +0000 http://symtym.com/?p=46#comment-6 This is just political correctness. Take away the doctor's neckties - then what? What about their shoes? Those are covered with germs. "lose the wingtips, doc!" And the pinstriped suits?<br><br>I can see an area at the hospital security desk piled high with expensive suits, Italian loafers, dress socks and cufflinks taken from doctors who make their rounds barefoot in hospital gowns. In other words - get real. This is just political correctness. Take away the doctor's neckties – then what? What about their shoes? Those are covered with germs. “lose the wingtips, doc!” And the pinstriped suits?

I can see an area at the hospital security desk piled high with expensive suits, Italian loafers, dress socks and cufflinks taken from doctors who make their rounds barefoot in hospital gowns. In other words – get real.

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