This slow-mo video shows just how far a sneeze travels

YOU’LL never want to stand next to someone with a cold again after watching this horrifying clip.

YOU’LL never want to stand next to someone with a cold again after watching this horrifying clip.

Scientists have released a slow-motion video that shows fluids being sprayed from a person’s nose and mouth after they sneeze.

The natural reflex is necessary for your body to fight infection, but pushing out these fluids can cause the spread of illnesses such as measles and SARS.

Shocking research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, led by Lydia Bourouiba, reveals that these germs can travel up to 8 metres.

Their video, which is recorded on an extremely high shutter-speed, shows how humans produce a gas cloud when they sneeze, with dangerous pathogens suspended inside.

Recordings were taken from healthy people, but more in-depth studies are planned on subjects who are suffering from illnesses.

To help prevent the spread of germs when sneezing, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advise people to “cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze”.

After you have sneezed into a tissue, you should quickly dispose of it in a bin and sanitise your hands.

This article originally appeared on The Sun.

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