The seat to choose for your air travel in times of pandemic.

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Air travel in virtually all parts of the world has been greatly reduced due to the fear of contagion from Covid-19. In addition to the suggested distance, this advice can be useful if you have to travel.

If you take the right measures, the risk of getting infected during an airplane flight is minimal, according to this Business Insider note. However, you should take extreme precautions, for example, when choosing a seat.

Avoiding the aisle seat

The person in the aisle seat will be at greater risk of direct transmission of infectious diseases. As Charles Gerba, professor of virology at the University of Arizona, says: “In samples from outbreaks and noroviruses, it has been shown that people will be more likely to become infected if they are sitting at the aisle seat (on an airplane).

This leaves several conclusions: choosing the window seat will be better for lowering the chances of risk of infection.

Window seat: a modest measure, but one that has benefits

The window seat will function as a wall that would halve exposure to other people, said Paloma Beamer, professor of environmental health sciences at the University of Arizona.

She argues that, although this depends on each airline’s rules, a passenger in a center seat can have up to 20 people within six feet of each other on a full flight.

Howard Weiss, a biomathematician at Georgia Tech University, believes this: “Sitting in the seat next to the window has an additional benefit; a modest measure, but one that is beneficial,” adding, “We are talking about direct transmission of infectious diseases, transmitted by large droplets.

It is important to remember that the main care will be distance and hygiene, such as handwashing, but it does not hurt to know this little strategy when it comes to flying.

By Eduardo Rosales Villeda – Dinero en Imagen