[blackdog]

The physics of a sneeze are frightening. No a surgical mask does not stop much of it.

The force is the pressure times the area: Force = Final Pressure * Tube Cap Area = 70.6 Newtons = 15.8 lbs of force

Have Nolan Ryan pitch a 100mph rosin bag of snot at you from inside your mask.

[_Jim]

re: “No a surgical mask does not stop much of it.”

I’m going to research this, because, I don’t think its correct. I think the kinetic energy of the liquid is dissipated in the fibers of the mask, esp an N95 mask. You are working against surface tension of water in the sneeze, big drops MUST be reduced in size in order to propagate through the mask.

What do you think research on this is going to reveal?

[_Jim]

“Performance of N95 respirators: reaerosolization of bacteria and solid particles.”

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9425648