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A Sneeze, um Espirro, un Estornudo, ein Niesen, uno Starnuto
Will stay 3 hours in the air.
This photo captured a sneeze in progress.
It reveals the amount of droplets that he expelled from his open mouth.
This picture shows you the reason one needs to cover his or her mouth when coughing, or sneezing, in order to protect other people from germ exposure.
A sneeze, or sternutation, is a convulsive expulsion of air from the lungs through the nose and mouth, caused by particles irritating the nasal mucosa.
The function of sneezing is to expel mucus containing particles or irritants and cleanse the nasal cavity.
That’s why is not good for others.
On March 17…Researchers reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, said that the coronavirus can remain viable in droplets that tend to fall relatively quickly. Also in tiny droplets called aerosols that can flow in a gentle movement in the air, for many minutes or up to 3 hours.
Although we all know that sneezes and coughs transmit infections, little research had been done to know how they work.
Dr. Lydia Bourouiba and Dr. John Bush of MIT’s Applied Mathematics Lab used high speed cameras and fluid mechanics to reveal why we’ve underestimated the role of…
