Covid-19 and beyond
Monday, 4 May 2020
See how a cough travels without a mask and with
A lab at Florida Atlantic University is simulating a human cough to understand how far and fast cough droplets can spread. The droplets travel as far as 12ft in 30 to 40 seconds.
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(CNN, May 4, 2020)
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