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MERS-CoV and Burqa

Reader comment on item: Niqabs and Burqas as Impediments to Health

Submitted by Prashant (United States), Jul 1, 2013 at 02:22

Dear Dr Pipes:

When I see some families on our city streets with women dressed in hijabs, burqas, and niqabs while their male companions dressed confortably in shorts, t-shirts and jeans, I smell a little bit of hypocrisy. But now that you have shown that burqas prevent MERS-CoV, the writing is clearly on the wall and the playing field is finally equal: Saudi men should also wear burqa, niqab and hijabs. No more inequality, no more hypocrisy, no more nothing!

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Title Commenter Date Thread
1Sri Lanka to ban burkhas and Islamic schools [28 words]PrashantMar 13, 2021 10:06264688
2Thank you Prashant. Also they're closing 1,000 Islamic schools [178 words]A very concerned readerMar 15, 2021 13:20264688
1Development in Sri Lanka [34 words]
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PrashantApr 28, 2019 22:52249596
2MERS-CoV and Burqa [80 words]PrashantJul 1, 2013 02:22207456
Deja Vu - I See You - Still Have Not Gotten the Message [6 words]M ToveyMar 15, 2021 15:15207456
2Using masks and transmission of infections [168 words]dhimmi no moreJun 29, 2013 06:58207411
2Burqa [257 words]
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muzzieMay 22, 2013 03:02206218

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