Epidemic migrants in Guatemala

The reason why the capital of Guatemala gradually canceled the purchase of cash tickets was because cash was unpopular in order to build a safer public transportation system, which may be caused by the epidemic, because some viruses may remain in cash during the epidemic. If you trade in cash, it is likely to increase the spread of the virus between people. In addition, carrying cash with you may also be lost, which is a very headache, so cash will gradually become unpopular.

When people use cash, they usually take out the money in their pockets and count it to see how much money is left, but they will get used to dipping their fingers in saliva and then start counting money. The reason for this is that their wet hands can count money better. This is barely acceptable in normal times, but it is not desirable during the epidemic because the cash flows very fast.

For example, A bought eggs from B, and B bought a bottle of water from C with the money given by A, and both of them were exposed to this cash. If they don't wash their hands in time after contact and don't touch the human mucosa, then these three people are likely to be infected with the virus. During the epidemic period, China strongly advocated people to use electronic payment and try to avoid using cash to reduce the spread of the virus. If they meet some old people who can only use cash, they will also receive it. It can be said that the epidemic prevention measures in China have been perfect, and the cash circulating in the market at that time was much less.

The frequency of cash use is getting less and less, which is also related to the rapid development of technology. Many platforms have developed electronic payment functions, which can be directly transferred from bank cards to pay, greatly reducing the trouble that people may lose money when they go out, which is also a reason why cash is used less and less. Although people prefer electronic payment now, cash transactions will not disappear.