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\n Schlieren images of coughs with varying degrees of face covering. Credit: Padmanabha Prasanna Simha, Indian Space Research Organisation
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Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, wearing a mask while out in public has become the recommended practice. However, many still question the effectiveness of this.<\/p>\n

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To allay these doubts, Padmanabha Prasanna Simha, from the Indian Space Research Organisation, and Prasanna Simha Mohan Rao, from the Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Science<\/a>s and Research, experimentally visualized the flow fields of coughs under various common mouth covering scenarios. They present their findings in the journal Physics of Fluids<\/i>.<\/p>\n

“If a person can reduce the extent of how much they contaminate the environment by mitigating the spread, it’s a far better situation for other healthy individuals who may enter places that have such contaminated areas,” Simha said.
\nDensity and temperature are intricately related, and coughs tend to be warmer than their surrounding area. Tapp<\/a>ing into this connection, Simha and Rao utilized a technique called schlieren imaging, which visualizes changes in density, to capture pictures of voluntary coughs from five test subjects. By tracking the motion of a cough over successive images, the team estimated velocity and spread of the expelled droplets.
\nUnsurprisingly, they found N95 masks to be the most effective at reducing the horizontal spread of a cough. The N95 masks reduced a cough’s initial velocity by up to a factor of 10 and limit its spread to between 0.1 and 0.25 meters.
\nAn uncovered cough, in contrast, can travel<\/a> up to 3 meters, but even a simple disposable mask can bring this all the way down to 0.5 meters.
\n“Even if a mask does not filter out all the particles, if we can prevent clouds of such particles from traveling very far, it’s better than not doing anything,” said Simha. “In situations where sophisticated masks are not available, any mask is better than no mask at all for the general<\/a> public in slowing the spread of infection.”
\nSome of the other comparisons, however, were striking.
\nFor example, using an elbow to cover up a cough is typically considered a good alternative in a pinch, which is contradictory to what the pair found. Unless covered by a sleeve, a bare arm cannot form the proper seal against the nose necessary to obstruct airflow. A cough is then able to leak through any openings and propagate in many directions.
\nSimha and Rao hope their findings will put to rest the argument that regular cloth masks are ineffective, but they emphasize that masks must continue to be used in conjunction with social<\/a> distancing.
\n“Adequate distancing is something that must not be ignored, since masks are not foolproof,” Simha said.<\/p>\n

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\n “Universal trends in human cough airflows at large distances,” Physics of Fluids<\/i> (2020). DOI: 10.1063\/5.0021666\n <\/div>\n

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\n Effectiveness of cloth masks depends on type of covering (2020, August 25)
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