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Dr. Bobsky
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2020-03-27, 03:54

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If you spit while talking, yes that could spread a virus. I know a few that do, and maintain a healthy distance from them. If you have pneumonia, it’s possible to cough it up from your lungs, so in a sense, needing to breathe could can spread it in extreme cases. That is why heath officials have said sick people should wear a mask.

COVD-19 itself is not airborne, thus transmission from sneezing or coughing. There are air born sicknesses, but they are rare, I sure don’t know of any that are active now.
Just to clarify here: The virus is almost certainly spread by coughing or sneezing; not just physical contact.

True airborne diseases are rare, but most are viruses so ymmv...
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