NYT > World News Why Doctors in Thailand Fear KFC Par : Max Kim 4 novembre 2026 à 05:01 In a country where superstitions are as imaginative as they are many, physicians have come to fear a jinx involving Kentucky Fried Chicken. © Lauren DeCicca for The New York TimesDr. Thanat Tantinam, a surgeon who works at Vajira Hospital in Bangkok, recently conducted a study to test a popular medical superstition involving KFC.