Assault By Bodily Fluid

This post kind of goes along the lines of the one I wrote about hypodermic needles. Within the last two decades, there has been a growing recognition of the crime of assault by bodily fluid. Essentially it happens when someone tries to attack another person with their own bodily fluids, either by spitting, biting, or blood contact.

I was thinking about this as I haven't been feeling well the last couple days, and have spent the last two days sneezing almost continuously. Every day, everywhere we go we are assaulted by other people's bodily fluids, and it's really kind of disgusting. People sneeze, yawn, spit, and even breathe on just about everything. Door knobs, counter tops, computers, remote controls, steering wheels, shopping carts, money. It's absolutely amazing that we don't get sicker than we do. I for one normally only get really sick once per year. Right now I only have a cold, but back in February I was hit with the flu which laid me out for about 3 days.

I think working in the Police Station is what got me sick. Last weekend I had to sit in the holding area of the Amherst Police Station for 9 hours with 4 drunks. Saturday I started feeling sick. Some sick prisoner was probably in there and got me sick.