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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As an older adult here’s my take. We were taught a different way. It was ingrained in us from the time we were toddlers. We did it for decades. Now, 5, 6,
7 decades later there is a change in protocol. Coughs and sneezes aren’t planned. They come on us suddenly without planning. Our bodies are trained to put our hands to our mouths as we have done for more than half a century. And our heads remember that isn’t right. So in those fractions of a second while the sneeze is coming, we become paralyzed and the sneeze goes where it goes.

[b]Better it go into your hand, as we were taught rather than into the air[/b], as happens when the sneeze happens while we are to figure out where to
Send it

But bottom line. You’re expecting too much. 
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But do you understand how then the germs are on your hands?  Or does that piece not connect?  Would you want to shake hands with someone who just coughed or sneezed into their hand?[/quote] you do this all.the.time without realizing it. And shake hands with dude who touched their penis and then didn’t wash their hands. And eat food prepared by people with spotty hygiene. And! Spoiler: you’re still here. It will be ok. I promise![/quote]

Is that how Coronavirus is spread?[/quote]

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