The best way to keep it clean while sneezing (Video)

WASHINGTON — It’s still the sneezing season, so the question arises: What’s the best way to cover up your sneeze?

ABC News conducted a test with food coloring and paper rulers, to see how far the – um, by-products of a sneeze travel through the air. First, the testers established a baseline by sneezing in the open. Then they tried sneezing into their hands, the so-called “Dracula sneeze” and using a tissue.

The winner: sneezing into a tissue. But check it out for yourself – see the video below. It’s rated G for Gross, for slow-motion footage of people sneezing:

WTOP’s David Burd contributed to this report. Follow @WTOP on Twitter and on the WTOP Facebook page.