Pondering what could be behind that sneeze

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Pondering what could be behind that sneeze

Jo Scott-Jones
Woman sneezing illustration

With the COVID-19 pandemic still raging overseas, sneezes are not going unnoticed. GP Jo Scott-Jones reviews the facts about sneezing, including how we sneeze and the many things that might make us sneeze in the first place

Sneezing is common. Notably, Peter Fletcher documented each of 5132 sneezes he had between 12 July 2007 and 1 June 2018 (sneezecount.joyfeed.com). He , Keypoints - Sneezing
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