Back-to-front airplane boarding may increase COVID-19 exposure risk, study finds

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A new study has found that boarding passengers seated at the back of an airplane first may double a person's risk of COVID-19 exposure.

TORONTO -- A new study has found that boarding passengers seated at the back of an airplane first may double a person’s risk of COVID-19 exposure.

However, the study's authors reported that back-to-front boarding "is equivalent to one zone per row and can thus be expected to yield increased clustering" in the aisles as passengers wait for those who boarded previously to stow their luggage. The scientists said airlines could have had a roughly 50 per cent lower risk of infection if they had continued with their pre-pandemic boarding, which typically lets business class passengers board first then those in economy class with passengers sorted into various zones.

 

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Air Canada gets a bailout and still packs the planes. Should be ashamed of themselves

Being on a plane increases risk of exposure. No matter how you get on or off

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They would technically have the same issue boarding front-to-back

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