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Coughing into your elbow: a (new) old wives’ tale

TL;DR: There is little to no evidence to show that coughing into your elbow prevents the spread of disease. Elbow-coughing has long struck me as a cop-out, but some posts on Twitter piqued my interest into digging around in the scientific literature. Thanks to Dr. Christine Peters and Dr. Lee Altenberg for the pointers to […]