Vuvuzelas, the horns that were made famous during the 2010 soccer world cup in South Africa, are now said to be capable of spreading diseases, according to a BBC report. It is interesting to note that the study that made this claim was carried out within the context of debate regarding whether vuvuzelas would be allowed or not in the 2012 Olympics in London. Further, many soccer clubs in the English Premier League had earlier banned the horns from their stadiums. This study, which was carried out in a lab in London, may very well be a pretext to ban vuvuzelas from the Olympics next year. A more credible way to study whether vuvuzelas spread diseases or not may be done by sampling people who actually attend games where the instrument is used rather than in a lab.
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