You Can Protect Others By Simply Shutting Your Pie Hole
- 4 years ago
Being a loud talker may help people hear you, but it can also help make them deathly ill.
According to Business Insider, a mere minute of loud speech can produce over 1,000 coronavirus-containing droplets.
A new study has found these droplets can linger in the air for eight-plus minutes, presenting what the authors call a "likely mode of disease transmission."
The research also suggests that louder speech produces a higher number of droplets.
What's more, those droplets can then remain in the air for eight minutes or longer.
The study found that droplets from speech shrink to between 20% and 34% of their original size after they're released into the air.
That slows down the speed at which they fall to ground, meaning they can remain in the air for several minutes.
According to Business Insider, a mere minute of loud speech can produce over 1,000 coronavirus-containing droplets.
A new study has found these droplets can linger in the air for eight-plus minutes, presenting what the authors call a "likely mode of disease transmission."
The research also suggests that louder speech produces a higher number of droplets.
What's more, those droplets can then remain in the air for eight minutes or longer.
The study found that droplets from speech shrink to between 20% and 34% of their original size after they're released into the air.
That slows down the speed at which they fall to ground, meaning they can remain in the air for several minutes.