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How far can your germs travel in sneezes? Turns out, it’s not just about the biggest droplets, but also the smaller ones that stay in the air.
The cloud of exhaled air that comes out of your mouth when you sneeze can potentially travel farther and wider than previously expected.
Read more from the Bourouiba Research Group here: https://lbourouiba.mit.edu/
This next video is from 2018. Pre-COVID.
The Dynamics of Disease Transmission
Here is an Infectious Disease expert in 2006 on the Oprah show warning of the inevitable pandemic and how far a sneeze (and water droplets) travels.