Continuing yesterday's thread of staying healthy on the road....Road Warrior Tips posts a study showing our biggest risk in that germy plane is actually the ultra-dry air:
Even though we’ve mostly made it past this year’s prime flu season, every frequent flier knows the despair of being seated right next to a frequent sneezer. And who hasn’t found jet lag morphing into a ticklish throat or achy body and grumbled about that recycled, germy airplane air? Well, although the germs are certainly major players in the cold and flu game, according to a 2004 study by University of Victoria researchers, the major culprit is not germy airplane air but rather the plane’s dry air—the result of pressurized cabins.
They list 4 strategies to stay healthy in spige of the air -- it's a blog post worth reading.
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