The H3N2 flu virus continues to spread in all U.S. states, and there is widespread concern over the influenza epidemic. A new report suggests the flu season affects thousands of people in a short span of time because the virus spreads not just through sneezing and coughing but also through breathing.
According to experts, the flu virus is not airborne. The disease spreads through droplets when someone affected by the virus sneezes or coughs. However, a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America reveals that people with the flu breathe out the virus through their nose and mouth. The particles can stay suspended in the hair for hours.
Flu Transmitted Through Breathing
According to Dr. Donald Milton, one of the researchers, they found that the air around patients with the flu virus is contaminated. Someone with the flu doesn’t need to sneeze or cough for the infectious virus to spread.
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