Talk:Respiratory droplet
Latest comment: 4 years ago by 91.159.184.216 in topic Why nobody advices to cough to ground direction?
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edit- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 14:21, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
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Respiratory droplets from a sneeze
- ... that surgical masks provide protection against diseases spread by respiratory droplets (pictured), but not those spread by airborne transmission? Source: [1] [2]
- Reviewed: 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Maharashtra
5x expanded by John P. Sadowski (NIOSH) (talk). Self-nominated at 02:58, 1 April 2020 (UTC).
New enough (expanded from redirect March 31), long enough (5,397 characters), well-cited throughout to reputable sources, neutral, and free from troubling close para/copyvio issues (the one source with more than seven or eight words appearing in the article is from a PD FDA source). Hook is 134 characters, definitely both timely and interesting and useful, and cited to and in ref 12. QPQ done and no image (although the sneezing one from the article is pretty expressive and could definitely be used). Good to go! —Collint c 22:59, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
- Good idea—I've added the photo. John P. Sadowski (NIOSH) (talk) 23:41, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
- Image is good to go and an FP to boot! —Collint c 20:53, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
The article has a few "citation needed" tags. Yoninah (talk) 16:07, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
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- @Bobamnertiopsis and Yoninah: Fixed. John P. Sadowski (NIOSH) (talk) 01:20, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you. Restoring tick per Collins' review. Yoninah (talk) 01:41, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
- @Bobamnertiopsis and Yoninah: Fixed. John P. Sadowski (NIOSH) (talk) 01:20, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
(Respiratory?) Droplet
edit[3] Do flushing toilets, wet‐cleaning surfaces, showering or using tap water, or spraying graywater actually cause respiratory droplets? Or just "droplet"? --Horus (talk) 08:02, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
Why nobody advices to cough to ground direction?
editDroplet spread without source control: up to ~8 meters (26 ft) for sneezes and coughs, up to ~2 meters (6.6 ft) for talking. For a masked person, these distances are reduced.
What if one squats and coughs down, so that the droplets hit the ground? Then coughing would be much safer?