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Scary video shows how droplets from a cough can spread 12 FEET — double coronavirus social distancing guidelines
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Video from the test model shows how far droplets from both a "light" and "heavy" cough or sneeze can travel.
The video from shows the particles bursting into the air, and spreading farther as time goes on.
Using laser lights, researchers were able to show how far the droplets could travel as the dispersal over time.
Particles from a "heavy" cough or sneeze in the experiment traveled three feet in a matter of seconds, and by 41 seconds had moved nine feet.
"For a heavy cough, the researchers found that particles can even travel up to 12 feet," a statement from Florida Atlantic University said.
Currently, the people keep a distance of around six feet in an effort to prevent coronavirus spread.
The model, however, showed that droplets can travel double that amount.
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To help curb virus spread, the CDC has advised all people to wear a face mask in public.
The Florida researchers said: "We found that wearing a face mask doesn’t stop the particles 100 percent, but it does slow down the cough jets.”
"There is currently a gap in knowledge over how COVID-19 spreads as well as a scientific debate about how the disease moves in the air," Stella Batalama, Ph.D., dean of FAU’s College of Engineering and Computer Science said in a on the experiment.
Batlama said that the visual model shows how important it is for people to take precautions against virus spread.
"Moreover, it underscores why it is so essential to cover your cough and sneezes and to wear a face mask when you are out in public settings," she said.
Other researchers have created visual representations of how far cough particles can spread.
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