KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian doctors have declared neckties a health hazard and called on the heath ministry to stop insisting that physicians wear them.
Citing studies that show ties are unhygienic and can spread infection, the Malaysian Medical Association says they are not often washed and carry germs that can cause pneumonia and blood infections, the Star newspaper said on Tuesday.
NewMexiKen’s favorite was the colleague who stopped wearing a tie to the office when wearing one was still the norm. When asked why he didn’t wear a tie, he’d say there was nobody he worked with that deserved that much respect.
i think it was linda ellerbee who –with her steadfastly wry appreciation of the absurd– once quipped that if men are smart enough to run the planet, how come they start off the day by hanging a little noose around their neck.
Haven’t studies shown that a tight collar and tie cuts off the blood supply to the brain? Might explain some decisions by officials.
Not to mention the risk of getting it caught in machinery.
Good for cleaning your glasses, though.