• Question: Why are sneezes infectious?

    Asked by aceiighostz to Hywel, Joseph, Patience, Poonam, Rachael on 14 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Poonam Kaushik answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      Well I am impressed by your fav scientist as he happens to b my fav as well.

      Well sneezes are infectious. Because at times our body harbors the bacterias and viruses of disease, knowingly or unknowingly. So our sneezes might carry these microbes through droplet infection to some other person causing them ill.

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      Joseph Cook answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      When you sneeze, droplets of mucus are sprayed all over the place (if you’re not careful) and these can contain viruses and/or bacteria. If these come into contact with other people then they can infect them and multiply.

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