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How to use the word coughs in a Sentence?

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Masks are really for infected people to prevent them from spreading infection to people who are not infected rather than protecting uninfected people from acquiring infection. The typical mask you buy in the drug store is not really effective in keeping out virus, which is small enough to pass through the material, it might, however, provide some slight benefit in keep out gross droplets if someone coughs or sneezes on you. I do not recommend that you wear a mask, particularly since you are going to a vey (sic) low risk location.

Rand Paul

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

When Airbus coughs, everyone gets sick.

Alain Di Crescenzo

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

During the entire rehearsal, no one sneezed, no one coughed, no one there appeared to be sick in any way, so now we know, oh hm, maybe it's transmitted not just by droplets and sneezes or coughs ; maybe it's transmitted just by people talking, just by people being around each other.

Carolynn Comstock

Found on CNN
4 years ago

So now we know, oh hm, maybe it's transmitted not just by droplets and sneezes or coughs ; maybe it's transmitted just by people talking, just by people being around each other.

Carolynn Comstock

Found on CNN
4 years ago

If you are not able to wear a face mask( for example, because it causes trouble breathing), then you should do your best to cover your coughs and sneezes, and people who are caring for you should wear a face mask if they enter your room.

The CDC

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The coronavirus that we're talking about is a respiratory virus. It's spread in a similar way to the common cold or to influenza. It's spread through coughs and sneezes, so those everyday sensible measures that we tell people to do every year with the flu are important here -- covering your cough, staying home when you're sick and washing your hands.

Anne Schuchat

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The reason why cold weather is presumed to cause spreading of coughs, colds and flu is that cold air causes irritation in the nasal passages and airways, which makes us more susceptible to viral infection.

Simon Clarke

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

(We have advised tourists to) avoid crowded places, take care of personal hygiene, and go to see a doctor immediately if they show symptoms of flu, fever and coughs.

Zhao Xiaoli

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Most coughs, colds, sore throats, flu and sinus infections are self-limiting and will get better on their own. Antibiotics only improve symptoms by about 8-12 hours.

Cliodna McNulty

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

People are in closer proximity on trains and airplanes so they are more likely to be contaminated if someone coughs or sneezes, plus, the sanitization of trains and airplanes is not very thorough, so surfaces are more likely to harbor germs.

Keri Peterson

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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