12.08.2008

YOU MAKE ME SICK

Just in time for cold and flu season comes the results of a study which found that a single sneeze in a busy area can infect up to 150 people withint five minutes. The snotty science found that a sneeze expels about 100,000 droplets of germs into the air at the speed of about 90 miles per hour. In a busy area such as a subway station these droplets will infect up to 10 percent of commuters, or about 150 people. (The Scotsman)

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