During the pandemic, should you scream on a rollercoaster?
As part of a campaign to stop spreading coronavirus via droplets, visitors to a theme park in Japan have been asked not to scream while on a ride, but instead to share videos of them on rides wearing the most serious expressions they can muster. One video showing two executives in suits barely flinching on the twists and turns of a rollercoaster has gone viral. But is asking people not to scream realistic? We ask Neil Poulter, operations director at Thorpe Park theme park in England.
(Picture: rollercoaster at Thorpe Park in the England. Credit: PA)
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