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This is the thing you must not touch

Prohibition on touching the flight: No matter how much you have disinfected what is around you and how clean your hands are, in no way touch your face during the flight.

And which seat on the plane is the safest from a health point of view and why should the seat not be wiped with a damp cloth?

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19/12/2021

Sunday, 19 December 2021, 07:35 Updated: 08:01

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In the video: An Israeli passenger did not obey the safety instructions - the plane was forced to land in Greece (Photos: Shneur Schiff, Menachem Segal, Chabad Online COL)

Today, more than ever, the whole issue of personal hygiene in public spaces is more important than ever.

This is especially true when it comes to airports and passenger planes.

So true, at the airport it's easier - keep a social distance in line for the bathroom and wash your hands at every opportunity for long seconds.

But in a compact space like your airplane seat, you will not know what types of bacteria are infested in and around it.

In fact, experts stress that no matter how well you wipe the area where you are sitting, there is one thing that you should by no means touch after touching parts of your seat: your face.

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Corona virus can not 'skip' from the seat to the mouth (Photo: ShutterStock)

Do not touch the face, not even with clean hands

The Best Life website notes that experts still recommend keeping the surfaces around you as clean as possible, and especially moving a disinfectant cloth on the armrest even before you sit down.

"My rule of thumb is to never put my hands in or touch other areas of my face," says flight attendant Linda Ferguson.

Last year, in an interview published in the New York Times, epidemiologist Dr. Aaron Milstone of Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Hospital said that He further added that "it's fine to wipe the surfaces in the seat area, but keep in mind that the corona virus can not 'jump' from the seat straight to your mouth.

"People should be more careful about touching a contaminated item and then touching their face."

Andrew Mahla, a professor of medical microbiology and immunology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, also points out that keeping hands clean while flying can make all the difference.

"What is important is not only to avoid contact in certain places and to wash hands, but also to be careful not to touch the face. Even if the hands are clean," he explains.

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For the information of the passengers, it is forbidden to touch the inside of the flight (Photo: ShutterStock)

The safest: the window seat

Quite a few studies continue to demonstrate how easily bacteria and viruses are able to move in the passenger plane.

In a study published in 2018 in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers revealed how often passengers are exposed to infectious diseases. Researcher Vicky Stober Herzberg and her crew flew ten international flights, with each flight lasting between three and five hours. Subsequently, the crew documented the movement of passengers during the flight and collected 229 samples from the air and the surfaces of the aircraft.

According to the results of the study, passengers sitting in a seat by the window had minimal contact with other passengers who might have been ill. In addition, compared to passengers sitting in the middle seat or aisle, the passengers in the window seat moved the least around the plane. "It is recommended that you book a window seat, try not to turn around during the flight, make sure you drink a lot and keep your hands away from your face," says Herzberg.

"As long as we apply our daily precautions during travel, the risks can be significantly minimized," the researcher explained.

"We can do this by maintaining social distance and wearing a mask, making sure to disinfect our hands, as well as avoiding contact with our eyes, nose or mouth if our hands are not clean."

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