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Why would covering your mouth help prevent a cold from spreading?
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∙ 9y ago
Every time you sneeze, thousands of tiny droplets are blasted out of your mouth. If you have a cold, those droplets might spread the cold to other people.
Cali Lubowitz
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∙ 15y agoCovering the mouth does help the spread of germs because when you let your hands go, you touch stuff. When you want to touch it again you get the germs back.and other people who touch the same thing you touch.
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∙ 9y agoThe common cold is caused by an upper respiratory tract infection, brought about by a virus, which, when given the right conditions will spread, causing all of the symptoms associated with the common cold. When someone has caught this virus, most scientists argue that there is absolutely no way to completely remove every virus cell from your system--but as long as your immune system remains healthy enough to combat these viruses, it really isn't that much of a problem. The virus lives within the upper respiratory tract, and therefore, by covering your mouth (and frequently washing your hands), you would be reducing the chance of your having spread the disease.
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∙ 12y agobecuses if you have a diseas you don't won't to sperd it
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∙ 8y agoNo. The mouth does not make germs: if they are there then they will not be prevented from being there.
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