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title: Diseases of the Respiratory System
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/diseases-of-the-respiratory-system-1965-1969/
description: A Vietnamese-language health-education chart explains how respiratory diseases spread. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
section: Collection
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# Diseases of the Respiratory System

A Vietnamese-language health-education chart explains how respiratory diseases spread. It sets bacteria (tuberculosis, pneumonia-type swelling of the lung, whooping cough, diphtheria) against viruses (colds, influenza, measles, smallpox) around a microscope, then shows direct transmission by kissing, sneezing and coughing, and indirect transmission by shared utensils and towels, spitting on the ground and sharing a bed with a sick person. The sheet is instructional and makes no political claim; its only appeal is the implied risk of infection.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

Original (Vietnamese) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
CÁC BỆNH VỀ HÔ HẤP

CÁCH TRUYỀN BỆNH

VI TRÙNG
NGUYÊN NHÂN GÂY RA BỆNH
SIÊU VI TRÙNG

● HO LAO
● SƯNG PHỔI
● HO GÀ
● BẠCH HẦU

● CẢM
● CÚM
● SỞI
● ĐẬU MÙA

LAN TRUYỀN TRỰC TIẾP

HÔN
HẮT HƠI
HO BẮN NƯỚC MIẾNG VÀO NGƯỜI BÊN

LAN TRUYỀN GIÁN TIẾP

DÙNG CHUNG ĐỒ DÙNG CỦA NGƯỜI BỆNH
KHẠC NHỔ XUỐNG ĐẤT
NGỦ CHUNG VỚI NGƯỜI BỆNH

SP-1004
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

HOW DISEASE IS TRANSMITTED

BACTERIA
CAUSES OF DISEASE
VIRUSES

● TUBERCULOSIS
● PNEUMONIA
● WHOOPING COUGH
● DIPHTHERIA

● COMMON COLD
● INFLUENZA
● MEASLES
● SMALLPOX

DIRECT TRANSMISSION

KISSING
SNEEZING
COUGHING SPRAY ONTO THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU

INDIRECT TRANSMISSION

SHARING THE SICK PERSON'S BELONGINGS
SPITTING ON THE GROUND
SLEEPING WITH A SICK PERSON

SP-1004
```

[← Các bệnh do phân: phòng bệnh (Diseases Caused by Feces: Prevention)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/diseases-caused-by-feces-prevention-1965-1969/) [Đừng khạc nhổ (Do Not Spit) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/do-not-spit-tuberculosis-1965-1969/)

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