File this under: Really? UK law forbids plague from taxis

[Vex Harrow]

I can't say that I'm totally against this, especially highly contagious plagues -- and most of the time when the term "plague" is in play, we're talking about one of those. From Wakkipedia:

Under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, it is against British law to ride in a taxi if you are suffering from the plague. Smallpox, typhus and cholera are also forbidden to taxi-passengers.

Someone should tell the UK that cholera can only be transmitted via contaminated food and water; so, unless taxi drivers in the UK have gotten into the habit of drinking and/or eating their passenger's food (or their passengers), maybe that one isn't such a huge concern.

Link, via Wakkipedia.com

[coffee and tea]

Powerful post.

[Vex Harrow]

I ... well thanks.