If you had to take a 2 hr domestic flight in 2 weeks...

[Anonymous]

Wear googles glasses. This alone cuts down your chance by 33%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what would you do to ensure your safety to the best of your ability? For example, would wearing two masks be more protective than one? Would you wipe your seat down when boarding? What can I do to be as safe as I possibly can be?

Masks for t hat long up there where the breathing is hard for many as is? This might end you.

Here is few things I can think of:

1. Seat as far front as possible. Air goes from front to back on the plane.

2. Pick the least frequented roue for your trip, the most expensive flight, the least favored plain size and the most insane time so you will fly with the last possible amount of people.

3. could wear a faces shield to prevent the virus being blown with force into your nose, eyes and mouth so the viral load will be decreased but breathing would not be restricted.

4. I would not spray much because the plane will be hopefully decontaminated and would wear gloves for the res and have many pairs extra to change now and then as needed. Hand washing for the rest. Wiping and spraying can make you sick lower your immune system and make voluenrable to the virus.

5. I would have my own food. NO water o food consumed on the plain is the best policy and much safer for you if you can hold long enough for the flight duration without the food. Every time you open your mouth you can introduce the virus that might be floating.

Bonus. Follow his map to strategize your sitting. This sows how the virus spread from one person .. seat marked in black. So if you move to the front, you cut all the forward chance, if you seat by the window .. extra added bonus..
so my pick.. first front either side window seats. First class, even better if you can afford this.

How would you know in advance where the infected person is sitting in your particular flight?

[Anonymous]

Under no circumstances would I do this.

[Anonymous]

Compared to other days of the week, Wednesday is the least busiest day to travel.


Crowds often begin tapering off around 6 pm with some of the least busy times being in the late evening. If it's at all possible to leave in the evening, we recommend taking a flight at around 9:30 pm or later.

This pre covid data but it might hold.

[Anonymous]

https://www.onetravel.com/going-places/least-busy-day-to-fly/

[Anonymous]

masks might be required by now..

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52498345

[Anonymous]

There is no way I’d fly unless my life depended on it. You are in an enclosed space sharing the same circulating air with many people, any of whom could be shedding virus.

[Anonymous]

The airplane has such good HEPA filters, that it’s probably not a big deal. But the airport is concerning. Are flights still pretty empty?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Under no circumstances would I do this.

+1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what would you do to ensure your safety to the best of your ability? For example, would wearing two masks be more protective than one? Would you wipe your seat down when boarding? What can I do to be as safe as I possibly can be?

Masks for t hat long up there where the breathing is hard for many as is? This might end you.

Here is few things I can think of:

1. Seat as far front as possible. Air goes from front to back on the plane.

2. Pick the least frequented roue for your trip, the most expensive flight, the least favored plain size and the most insane time so you will fly with the last possible amount of people.

3. could wear a faces shield to prevent the virus being blown with force into your nose, eyes and mouth so the viral load will be decreased but breathing would not be restricted.

4. I would not spray much because the plane will be hopefully decontaminated and would wear gloves for the res and have many pairs extra to change now and then as needed. Hand washing for the rest. Wiping and spraying can make you sick lower your immune system and make voluenrable to the virus.

5. I would have my own food. NO water o food consumed on the plain is the best policy and much safer for you if you can hold long enough for the flight duration without the food. Every time you open your mouth you can introduce the virus that might be floating.

Bonus. Follow his map to strategize your sitting. This sows how the virus spread from one person .. seat marked in black. So if you move to the front, you cut all the forward chance, if you seat by the window .. extra added bonus..
so my pick.. first front either side window seats. First class, even better if you can afford this.

How would you know in advance where the infected person is sitting in your particular flight?

what's up with 9c? why are they more likely the the person behind them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Under no circumstances would I do this.

+1.

Can you explain why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no way I’d fly unless my life depended on it. You are in an enclosed space sharing the same circulating air with many people, any of whom could be shedding virus.

I would be concerned about proximity to people, but the circulated air problem is a myth. Here is the WHO’s advice:

https://www.who.int/ith/mode_of_travel/tcd_aircraft/en/

[Anonymous]

Good link above, PP. Thank you. Also, airlines are spacing people out on the planes. For example, the only seats available in row 1 are A and C and then row 2 is only seat B. Then row 3 is A and C again...row 4 only seat B, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Under no circumstances would I do this.

+1.

Can you explain why?

Being around large groups of people or in places that large numbers of people move through is risky for transmission of coronavirus. Airports are places that have large numbers of people, either in them or going through them. I'm staying out of them at this time.

Also, a 2-hour flight is a driveable distance. Even a train trip would expose you to far fewer other people than air travel would.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no way I’d fly unless my life depended on it. You are in an enclosed space sharing the same circulating air with many people, any of whom could be shedding virus.

I would be concerned about proximity to people, but the circulated air problem is a myth. Here is the WHO’s advice:

https://www.who.int/ith/mode_of_travel/tcd_aircraft/en/

Yep. The air on planes is safer than most places you go. DH researched this prior to covid since he flies twice a week for work.

The filters they normally use on planes are the same ones they use in hospitals. Air is not the problem.