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To: CatOwner
More importantly, sneezing into your elbow (sleeves or not) deposits the sneeze on your elbow instead of your hands, making it less likely that you will contaminate other objects with your hands.
20 posted on 06/26/2020 9:20:23 PM PDT by Grandpa Drudge (Just an old man, desperate to preserve our great country for my grandchildren.)
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To: Grandpa Drudge
More importantly, sneezing into your elbow (sleeves or not) deposits the sneeze on your elbow instead of your hands, making it less likely that you will contaminate other objects with your hands.

Wouldn't coughing or sneezing into a sleeve be more effective at containing a virus than coughing or sneezing into a bare elbow? I'm thinking that both surface area and the nature of the material would play a role here. Cloth is more absorbent than skin.

148 posted on 06/27/2020 8:31:28 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org)
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