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A taxi driver must ask passengers if they are suffering from plague or smallpox.

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It is illegal to hail a taxi while suffering from bubonic plague.

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2 Responses to “A taxi driver must ask passengers if they are suffering from plague or smallpox.”

Comment from Lewis
Time July 17, 2010 at 3:13 am

no longer true

Comment from Bradhla
Time November 23, 2010 at 7:13 am

Small pox have been eliminated of the face of the earth except for in labs.

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