COULD this be something we see in Australia in the coming weeks as COVID-19 restrictions are relaxed?
Tourist attractions in China's Hunan province are giving visitors hats with one metre-long pool noodles attached (pictured), as a way of encouraging social distancing.
The South China Morning Post has also posted a video of another option, where elaborate balloon hats are also being used to remind people to stay apart and flatten the curve - see pharmacydaily.com.au/videos.
COronavirus is slamming businesses right across the economy, but you would have thought contraceptives were pretty recession-proof.
Not so, apparently, with condom manufacturers reporting a worldwide droop in sales as people abstain from hook-ups during quarantine.
Laxman Narasimhan, CEO of Durex parent Reckitt Benckiser, said the shrinking profits could be attributed to stringent social distancing requirements "taking a toll on the number of intimate occasions" across the globe.
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