Video experiment shows how easily germs and viruses can spread in restaurants

<p>A viral video from Japan shows how easily germs and viruses could spread in restaurants when just one person is infected with a disease.</p><p>In the video, produced by the public broadcasting organization NHK in conjunction with health experts, fluorescent paint is applied on hands of a group of 10 people before they are taken to an area simulating a restaurant setting. Then each person acts as they normally would in a restaurant, eating from the buffet table, using utensils and eating around community tables.</p><p>Related stories:3-D model shows how aerosol cloud travels in air after person coughs</p><p>Top contenders in the race for a COVID-19 vaccine</p><p>At the end of the video, the people are cast under black lights, showing where the paint, signifying the virus in this experiment, has spread.</p><p>The traces of the paint can be seen on food, serving utensils and platters, and even on the faces of some of the participants.</p>