An experiment has revealed how spit droplets from talking can spray through the air potentially transmitting viruses such as Covid-19, unless the speaker wears a mask. With studies suggesting that talking can release just as many virus harbouring droplets into the air as coughing and sneezing, scientists have devised a way to visualise the threat posed … Read more
A teenager was jailed for six months after threatening to cough and spit at police while another yob was sentenced to nine months in prison for coughing at officers and telling them: ‘I hope you and your family die.’ Shocking bodycam footage shows Thomas Wilson, 19, from Coventry, boasting to police officers about having coronavirus … Read more
Spit guards should be carried by all frontline police to protect officers from thugs spitting and coughing at them during the coronavirus pandemic, a senior figure has demanded. Sergeant Simon Kempton, the operational lead for Covid-19 at the Police Federation, told MPs the virus was being ‘weaponised’ by criminals after dozens of such assaults in … Read more