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What is the speed of air inside our body at the time of sneezing?​

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100 miles per hour

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Mainstream understanding is that a sneeze is 100 mph, or ~45 m/s. However, this isn't even close to being true.. A study in 2013 (see link below) was conducted where they investigated the airflow dynamics of sneezing and breathing, and discovered that the highest velocities of a sneeze are around 10 mph, or 4.5 m/s.

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