The way the Americans speak may have rendered Covid so worse, the study says
A linguist has a theory on the English language and the propagation of coronavirus.
Thecoronavirus pandemic Raised about continents around the world, some countries struck more than others. The possible explanation of this disparity range from politics to the population density, but a linguist has a new theory that has to do with theway we talk about. He proposes thatThese are actually consonants of aspiration of Americans who have helped to make the epidemic of at least VOC.
A consonant aspirated is a letter that we pronounce with a strong brilliance of English breathing in the United States, which includes "p", "T" and "K." When we say these letters "Many small droplets are released Respiratory passages from a speaker in the air ", according to new research from the University of Rudn. In the study, declared for publication in the November issue ofMedical assumptions, linguistGeorgios Georgiou, Doctoral student, looked ifcountries whose languages include more sucked consonants have experienced more virulent coronavirus epidemics.
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The theory is that when we use sucked consonants, we are potentiallyspread more viral particles in the air that when we do not do it. Speakers who do not use separate consonants - those of countries whose languages simply do not include many respiratory droplets, which could actually mitigate the spread of COVID.
And although it may seem like a somewhat wild explanation for coronavirus exponential growth at the US, the idea had been proposed before Georgiou's new research. In 2003,The lancet published a study examining a similar hypothesis, suggesting that theLimited number of consonants sucked in Japanese Could explain why SARS did not distribute to Japan.
For the more recent study, Georgiou and his team divided countries into groups based on the use of consonants sucked into their dominant languages. In the end, countries that used more sucked consonantsmade Have more cases of covidation among their population - but the difference was minimal enough that it could not be statistically significantly called.
"Although no clear relationship has been observed, we will not except that the propagation of COVID-19 can be partially due to the presence of consonants sucked in the main language of a country's communication," said Georgiou in a statement. "This can be a valuable insight for epidemiologists."
In the meantime, we know that there are other ways to talk about coronavirus transmission. Epidemiologists noted thatspeaking strong can spread the virus, that's why it's important to continuemasks Limit the number of expelled respiratory droplets - regardless of the number of consonants aspirated you are using. And for more information on the propagation of COVID,Expect a massive thrust in COVID cases after that date, the experts say.
