1. Most Hong Kong government officials look better with masks on.
2. Grandfather no longer goes shopping all over town in his pajamas and slippers.
3. The guy with bad breath in the office now only poisons himself.
4. Elevator-users no longer jab the "door close" button after one nanosecond, but wait for doors to close themselves.
5. You don't have to book Macau ferry tickets in advance, even on a Friday night.
6. If I wear my surgical mask, shades, hat and latex gloves, no one can tell I am brown.
7. No queues at HSBC.
8. Frail grandmothers can exit subway train carriages without being knocked over by thoughtless people pushing their way in.
9. I can't afford exclusive private schools, but my kids are getting one-on-one attention from teachers.
10. Anyone who dares to fly gets a whole row of seats to sleep on in Cathay
Pacific economy class.
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These two highly contagious diseases are no jokes really, but you do have to see the lighter side of things in life rather than worry about diseases all the time.