Airline cabins aren’t as infectious as you thought
A recent study found that catching the flu or other similar respiratory infections is more difficult for airline passengers sitting at least 2 seats away or in a different row from a sick fellow airline passenger. According to a report about the study, “an infectious passenger with influenza or other droplet-transmitted respiratory infection will most likely not transmit infection to passengers seated farther away than 2 seats laterally and 1 row in front or back on an aircraft.” According to a Georgia Tech website, the “FlyHealthy” study, conducted by researchers from Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology, developed a model “that combines estimated infectivity and patterns of contact among aircraft passengers and crew members to determine likelihood of infection.” <br/>
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Airline cabins aren’t as infectious as you thought
A recent study found that catching the flu or other similar respiratory infections is more difficult for airline passengers sitting at least 2 seats away or in a different row from a sick fellow airline passenger. According to a report about the study, “an infectious passenger with influenza or other droplet-transmitted respiratory infection will most likely not transmit infection to passengers seated farther away than 2 seats laterally and 1 row in front or back on an aircraft.” According to a Georgia Tech website, the “FlyHealthy” study, conducted by researchers from Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology, developed a model “that combines estimated infectivity and patterns of contact among aircraft passengers and crew members to determine likelihood of infection.” <br/>
