Why Speaking English May Spread More Coronavirus Than Some Other Languages

Forbes ^ | September 8 2020 | Alison Escalante

[xp38]

New research suggests that English speakers put more droplets into the air when they talk, which may make them more likely to spread COVID-19. Since the novel coronavirus is spread by droplets, how spitty a language is might contribute to different rates of the disease. It all comes down to something called aspirated consonants, the sounds we make that spray more droplets of saliva into the air.

In college, everyone knew which professors spit the most when they lectured. The front rows of their classes were always empty after the first day of class, because the high achievers who sat there had been bathed with the lecturer’s saliva. When a lecture was particularly boring, students might find themselves fascinated by the way the sunlight caught droplets of spit, hanging in the air around the professor.

[skimbell]

I don't know.
You know, a lot of people who speak English are white.
I'm thinking Covid is probably a dam rasis virus too.

[shanover]

Speechless in English

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Yeah i was about to add if this is true, Germany would have millions dead by now.

Same with France.

[ealgeone]

I swore this was satire.

[KarlInOhio]

Since the novel coronavirus is spread by droplets, how spitty a language is might contribute to different rates of the disease.

English? How about Hebrew? I had a Jewish friend wish me "L'Chaim" for Chanukah and I got 6 different strains of COVID.< /s>

[MachIV]

Just another way to trash Whitey.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The “science” of “may.”

GFYF

[proud American in Canada]

In a way, it is.

Gosh that would have been fun to be in on the scriptwriting process!

[proud American in Canada]

Thank you!

All the best,

Julie

[Tennessee Nana]

Oh of course...its the white mans fault...

[Political Junkie Too]

I thought the Latin languages had fewer characters than, say, Cyrillic or Chinese languages.

How can we spew more virus with fewer letters in our words, when there are many more phlegmatic languages being spoken in the world?

-PJ

[Rurudyne]

Imagine what the Ubykh language must have been like?

It had 2 vowels and 84 consonants.

[PeteyBoy]

Umm, sure. Which language(s) are COVID-approved? Let me take a wild guess: Spanish...what else?

Ebonics

[GingisK]

He must have limited his study to liberals speaking about Trump.

[GingisK]

“She”, GingisK, not “he”. Not that anyone would notice in today’s world.

[Wilhelm Tell]

Shakespeare spoke English and now he is dead - proof that English is deadly!

[BykrBayb]

You poor thing! That had to be tough to overcome.

[proud American in Canada]

Thank you! :)

[DoodleBob]

The US is 17th globally in per capita cases. Most of the top 20 countries aren’t English as a primary language. Btw, Germany and Austria are around 80 and 50 in global ranking, respectively.

[The_Media_never_lie]

B.S. Rolling “R’s” has been proven to kill more listeners.