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A member asked:
Should you avoid longer plane flights during the covid-19? why would longer flights be different risks than shorter flights?
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Increase viral load: You increase the exposure of virus to yourself with longer flight which means larger accumulation of the virus in your upper respiratory tract comparing to the short distance flight.
Answered 5/2/2020
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