Traveling by plane greatly increases our chances of getting sick, or so many of us are wont to believe. To be fair, itรขโฌโขs not uncommon to come down with a nasty illness after we return from a vacation or business trip. But is flying the culprit? The latest research suggests the answer is noรขโฌโbut much of it depends on where we sit.
Newรย researchรย published today inรย Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciencesรย suggests that airline passengers infected with influenzaรขโฌโa disease that spreads through the airรขโฌโarenรขโฌโขt likely to infect other passengers who sit more than two seats to the left or right, or more than two seats in front or back. In other words, your chances of contracting the flu from an infected passenger are slimรขโฌโunless youรขโฌโขre sitting within about three feet (one meter) of them.
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