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Coughs can force out thousands of tiny droplets of saliva. About 3,000 droplets are expelled in a single cough, and some of them fly out of the mouth at speeds of up to 50 miles per hour. Dr. Prins discussed sneezes and recommends that you put ____ feet between you and a person sneezing.

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Answer:

3-6 feet

Explanation:

The cough produced by the humans can contain about 3,000 droplets of human saliva at the time of the expulsion of the cough from the mouth at a speed of 50 miles per hour.

The sneezing is even worse and produces about 40,000 droplets of saliva with a speed of 200 miles per hour is expelled out of the mouth and nose.

Therefore it is suggested that the person should stand 3 to 6 feet away from the person who is coughing and sneezing as the droplets of saliva settles at about 3 to 6 feet.

Thus, 3 to 6 feet is the correct answer.