” Myth Busters showed a sneeze can travel several feet..”
Over 15 feet for some sneezes. Plus there’e the air wafting it around. It’s not the sneeze goes 3 feet straight into an air filter!
Mythbusters’ results... ~15 feet, ~35mph
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_%282010_season%29#Episode_147_.E2.80.93_.22Flu_Fiction.22