Some Health Experts Worry Use Of Tear Gas And Pepper Spray At Protests Will Increase Spread Of Coronavirus

Demonstrators hold signs during a protest at the Country Club Plaza on May 31, 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri

Public health experts who spoke to The New York Times this weekend have expressed concern that the use of tear gas and pepper spray as crowd control methods at protests against police brutality could lead to an increase in the spread of novel coronavirus.

Coronavirus is spread from person to person through droplets ejected from the body when a person talks, coughs, or sneezes. According to The New York Times, both tear gas and pepper spray cause people to sneeze and cough. They also increase the secretion of respiratory fluids in the nose and mouth. If protesters are coughing and sneezing a lot because they’ve been hit with tear gas or pepper spray, it could greatly increase the chances of spreading the novel coronavirus.

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