Quote Originally Posted by sinkov View Post
This is the 3rd or 4th time I've read on here about people coughing and sneezing in your face, and I have to say I think it's a bit of a red herring. People do not normally cough or sneeze in other people's faces, if they feel a cough or sneeze coming on they will turn away and cough or sneeze into their hand or handkerchief. And that's in normal times, in the current situation I can't imagine anyone actually sneezing or coughing in someone's face, and besides with social distancing it must be very rare that we get within sneezing distance of anyone anyway. Certainly since this kicked in in March I've not been aware of anyone at all coughing or sneezing in my vicinity, never mind in my face. I think the average member of the public is probably in more danger of being hit on the head by a falling coconut, than by having someone sneeze in their face.
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One outpatient in radiotherapy coughed near me. No mask I had mine on,I agree I was citing an extreme to make the point. Masks or face coverings and glasses will help coughs and sneezes that can travel over 20 feet I’m told.

scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, it’s not just the person next to us we should worry about: coughing spreads droplets as far as six metres, and sneezing as much as eight metres. These droplets stay suspended in the air for up to 10 minutes.