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Time to change: Virus-hit U.S. urges people to spend coins

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By JIM WATSON

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The handling of cash is said to increase the chance of spreading covid-19. Some businesses in Australia has gone completely cashless since the pandemic starts and most are encouraging customers to use cashless payments. I know cash is King in Japan but I had no idea it is also the case in the USA.

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The handling of cash is said to increase the chance of spreading covid-19.

I agree

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Only takes a few seconds to sanitize your cash. If it seems important, why not try it?

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Start lining up buildings with vending machines and stand up arcade games (that have the 2-4th player controller turned off.)

Allow them to accept all coins, including pennies.

And watch people spend like crazy. No human contact.

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The shops in poorer areas can not afford to buy the technology for contactless payments, and the people in those areas are not eligible to hold such devices.

Seems like a sort of endless circle of despair.

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