Big Guns
You get used to seeing security around here walking around with BIG guns. Gated communities, the university compound... all private property here is guarded with men and guns. I even go to the mall and the security guards have bullets for belts. The other night we went to see Star Wars at the movie theatre. It was a 3-screen cinema, and all three ticket takers were security guards who were packing pistols as they took my ticket.
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All week we've been commuting to Manila for an affiliation with a hospital for infectious diseases. It's been a pretty busy week. I've seen patients with typhoid fever, viral hepatitis, pneumonia... today is tuberculosis. I'll have to admit, I've been somewhat of a paranoid hypochondriac because of all the exposure I've been having.