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We now know that the coronavirus spreads easily through saliva droplets, but what about winds? Two doctors answer that.
Under the motto “it may also be a bit lighter”, the Australian podcast “Coronacast” posed the question whether you can be infected by a fart. Although there is very little research on it, Dr. Norman Swan to take into account with farts social distancing. “Just don’t get too close to anyone else and don’t let your bare shit blow you,” it sounds.
Protective layers
The subject was also discussed in ‘New Facts’ on Radio 1. In it, Marleen Finoulst, doctor and coordinator of the website health-andscience.be, said that the lung virus is indeed present in infected winds in their winds, but that trousers or underwear are stops most of it. So we don’t have to hold back right away. “Of course there can be coronavirus in your farts because it is also in our bowel movements and intestines. But we also all wear protective layers: trousers, skirt and underwear. I don’t think it’s an exaggeration, because we also exhale. No more coronaviruses can be present in winds than in the exhaled air. Nor are we going to ask people to stop exhaling. We shouldn’t panic too much either, with the distance rules we are sufficiently protected ”, she concludes.
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