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[Football] coronavirus and farts
- Thread starter Neil
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HellBilly
Can you catch coronavirus from smelling a fart from an infected person as its like blazing saddles at work sometimes
Knowing three people who have directly or indirectly from this so far, Not funny
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HellBilly
Seriously
clapham_gull
Legacy Fan
- Aug 20, 2003
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It is something a lot of people have been asking online. The virus has been detected in stools so there is a chance.
However (and I am being serious) the current medical advice thinks underwear and trousers / skirt etc.. would stop the actual transmission of the virus (if not the smell) into the air.
There would have to be a particularly unique set of circumstance where a fart entered a persons mouth (or eyes) at close proximity without the barrier of underwear and clothes.
If you follow the current Government advice on "social distancing" I'd imagine the possibility of the above happening is very very low.
However (and I am being serious) the current medical advice thinks underwear and trousers / skirt etc.. would stop the actual transmission of the virus (if not the smell) into the air.
There would have to be a particularly unique set of circumstance where a fart entered a persons mouth (or eyes) at close proximity without the barrier of underwear and clothes.
If you follow the current Government advice on "social distancing" I'd imagine the possibility of the above happening is very very low.
Buffalo Seagull
Active member
Given that loss of smell is a symptom, maybe be thankful that you can still smell their farts.
Can you catch coronavirus from smelling a fart from an infected person as its like blazing saddles at work sometimes
It wouldn't be the smell that would transmit the virus but rather the microscopic pieces of fecal matter that may be expelled during a fart which you might then inhale either orally or nasally.
As a previous poster has already stated there would have to be an exceptional set of circumstances for this to happen.
Having said this if you indulge in certain sexual proclivities with an infected partner then this scenario is entirely feasible, although you are just as likely to catch it from them through the more normal modes of transmission.
An example of the exceptional circumstances which would lend themselves to the manner of transference to which your enquiry relates can be found by googling the words "fart" "jazzy" "jamison".
You may also find this link informative..
https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/85315
And also this one from the British Medical Journal which deals with the specific question of inhaling fecal matter from farts or flatus to give its correct medical term...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1121900/
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