Are planes safe during COVID?
How likely are you to get sick on an airplane? How safe are airplanes? The science of ventilation and bioaerosol research. If you liked this video, check out: What stretching actually does to your body: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JgBp7dX4AU Only some humans can see this type of light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSu0cV3fqi8 Creator/Host: Dianna Cowern Video Editing: Levi Butner Research/writing: Sophia Chen Writing/Editing: Dianna Cowern Special thanks to our Sally Ride Patrons! Special thanks to our Sally Ride level patrons: Alejandro Gutierrez, Brian O Connell, David Cichowski, Fabrice Eap, Henning Bitsch, Kenneth Hunter, Margaux Lopez, Patrick Olson, Vikram Bhat, wc993219. Join the Physics Girl Patreon community! ►► https://www.patreon.com/physicsgirl Thanks to Malin Alsved, Hope Butner and Kyle Kitzmiller. http://physicsgirl.org/ http://twitter.com/thephysicsgirl http://facebook.com/thephysicsgirl http://instagram.com/thephysicsgirl Credits: Some Stock footage provided by Videvo, downloaded from www.videvo.net Resources: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3a69/98741b1e14fe3e15d5fe0bc6ed4e58d83475.pdf?_ga=2.94557724.129545850.1594340593-1120174445.1589328977 [1977 info and H1n1 stat are in Lei 2017, with further details about 1977 flight here: http://blog.h1n1.influenza.bvsalud.org/en/2009/09/28/influenza-air-transmission/] [THERE’S THIS VERY COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A TRADE ASSOCIATION, THAT IS COOL TO JUST RUN THROUGH. YOU CAN PICK THE EXAMPLES YOU LIKE, BUT I’LL JUST HIGHLIGHT A FEW THAT I FOUND INTRIGUING.] https://www.ashrae.org/File%20Library/Technical%20Resources/Standards%20and%20Guidelines/Standards%20Addenda/62-2001/62-2001_Addendum-n.pdf [Source: https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Indoor_air_velocity] http://epibulletins.dhss.alaska.gov/Document/Display?DocumentId=888 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/study-maps-how-flu-virus-moves-around-plane-180968541/ Transmission of COVID-19 virus by droplets and aerosols: A critical review on the unresolved dichotomy https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7293495/ https://lbourouiba.mit.edu/sites/default/files/documents/14BourouibaBush-sneezecloudJFM_corrected.pdf https://up.codes/s/outdoor-airflow-rate https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/07/07/1004841/a-group-of-239-scientists-say-theres-growing-evidence-covid-19-is-airborne/?itm_source=parsely-api Timeline of COVID-19 https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/events-as-they-happen https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance/naming-the-coronavirus-disease-(covid-2019)-and-the-virus-that-causes-it#:~:text=The%20International%20Committee%20on%20Taxonomy,two%20viruses%20are%20different. Ventilation rates on airplanes: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.304.7321&rep=rep1&type=pdf Ventilation rates inside: https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/how-much-ventilation-do-i-need-my-home-improve-indoor-air-quality Transmission rates on airplanes https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7165818/
