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A team of researchers has found that cough-generated droplets can spread less if you cough downwards.

Not just masks but face shields, too, especially on longer flights. given the higher transmissibility of the omicron variant, should passengers avoid taking masks off completely, each to eat or drink during a flight? >> dont take it off at any time outside of eating or taking it off to have a drink. not worth doing that. >> but if you do have a drink, experts say, try to sip through a straw with your mask still on. we caught up with biorisk analyst after getting off a flight lasting 30 hours and...

Water, next use a pump to force it to cough, then wait and see how far the droplets travel. holiday travelers take note. the droplets expelled advanced a distance of thrive feet almost immediately. within five seconds, the droplets had traveled six feet. fine feet in ten seconds. >> its will have reaching nine feet now. >> the fog of droplets lingered in the air, and can do so, the professor says, for several minutes. it took by 30 to 40 seconds. >> its getting closer to 12 feet now. >> yes, he ...

Masks performses an better than the gaiter, but some escape through with a single layer. they dont go very far, but probably about six inches from the face when youre talking. >> reporter: this double-layer mask made of quilting cotton also spread droplets when the mannequin talked and coughed, but not as badly as the gaiter and bandana. >> it doesnt go very far so significantly better than the other mask. >> reporter: what about those blue surgical masks so many people are wearing on airplanes ...

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The droplets fill the air, made visible with a green laser light. holiday travelers take note. the droplets expelled advanced a distance of three feet almost immediately. within five seconds, the droplets had traveled six feet, then nine feet in just about ten seconds. remember, nine feet is three feet beyond the recommended social distancing guidelines. >> its already reaching roughly nine feet now. its still moving farther, slowly. >> reporter: the fog of droplets lingered in the air and can d...

You still get some leakage coming through. it filters some of the droplets but some escape through with a single layer. they dont go very far, probably about six inches from the face when youre talking. >> reporter: this double layer mask made of quilting cotton also spread respiratory droplets when the mannequin talked and caused but not as badly as the gaiter and the bandanna. >> it doesnt go very far, probably two to three inches from the face. significantly better than the other masks. >> re...

Even in people who passed through the area after the infectious person had already left. its all part of why the cdc still insists on keeping your distance from others while traveling and wear a high quality mask. our professors tested masks too. and its easy to see why some experts say cloth masks and anything thats just a single layer offers so little protection. first we tested a single layer gaiter. >> it tends to let anything through without any stoppage. >> reporter: next up, a single laye...

According to tsa, today is set to be one of the busiest of the holiday travel period. theyre anticipating 20 million people will fly between today and january 3rd. the uptick in travel comes amid fears of the omicron variant spreading rapidly across the country. in addition to those 100 united flights canceled earlier, we just learned delta has canceled 93 christmas eve flights, due to multiple issues, including omicron. what do we really know about the virus and how its transmitted? "360"s rand...

They dont go very far, probably about six inches from the face when youre talking. >> reporter: this double layer mask made of quilting cotton also spread respiratory droplets when the mannequin talked and coughed but not as badly as the gaiter and the bandanna. >> it doesnt go very far, probably two to three inches from the face. significantly better than the other masks. >> reporter: what about those blue surgical masks so many people are wearing on airplanes and airports? they did well, but t...