Do the HEPA filters in airplanes prevent getting H1N1 – if one of the passengers is infected?
i must take a 2 hour flight to Mexico and i want to know so i can get a surgical mask or not.
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i must take a 2 hour flight to Mexico and i want to know so i can get a surgical mask or not.
Categories: Hepa Filter Tags: mexico, surgical mask
no the filters will not prevent the virus and I think having a surgical mask is a better idea also don’t hesitate if you go to the bathroom to wash the tabs and the toilet with some cologne and wash your hands a lot with any form of alcohol don’t touch things or places that are common and might have been touched by any one stick to your seat and put the mask on and don’t panic keep calm
What are you going to do about all the otehr hazards you face on a daily basis?
Like driving in a car, walking up stairs, cutting meat with a sharp knife, walking downstairs, getting sunburn, getting mosquito bites, choking on food
this shouldnt even be in the top 99 list of things to worry about.
If the filters are truly HEPA and are clean, they will stop many pathogens and offer some protection against the flu. Additionally, the air circulation pattern in many airliners is vertical rather than horizontal, which limits the spread of pathogens laterally within the aircraft.
In other words, if someone on the aircraft has the flu and is contagious, chances are that only people in the seats next to him will be exposed to the flu virus. This is not a guarantee, but it is a probability.
Nevertheless, there’s always a risk of catching something from someone else if the other person is sick with a contagious disease that is transmitted through the air (such as a cold or flu). But that would be true in any closed environment. And the ventilation systems in aircraft make it less likely inside an airplane than inside other closed spaces like offices, homes, public transportation, etc.
An ordinary mask will not stop flu germs entirely, but it will diminish the chances of inhaling them.