One cough equals 20,000 viruses - NUH study

Foodconsumer.org, 13 May 2009
Tuesday May 13, 2009 (foodconsumer.org) -- With the swine flu virus still hovering ominously about, you may want to run for cover the next time someone near you coughs. The average cough can spew as many as 20,000 viruses, enough germs to infect many people, especially those who aren’t vaccinated.
A recent study from Singapore’s National University Hospital says that as many as 3,000 tiny droplets are produced from one cough, says Julian Tang, consultant with the hospital’s Division of Microbiology.
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