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Viruses seem to start and spread faster using the complex infrastructure. This is yet another reason to prefer independent cars to herd-like public transport.
by yostrovs 7y ago
Viruses seem to start and spread faster using the complex infrastructure.
This is yet another reason to prefer independent cars to herd-like public transport.
- blackrock 7y agoI had to laugh at this comment, since it’s quite true. So would you prefer to spend a week driving from Los Angeles to New York, instead of spending 5 hours flying, in a herd-like tin can, crammed full of people, and re-breathing the same recycled air?
- blattimwind 7y agoWhen a pandemic or epidemy is in full swing the answer seems rather obvious.
- stephen_g 7y agoPlanes don’t recycle air that much. While there is some recirculation, outside is constantly pumped in (either bleed air from the engines, or from electric compressors on the 787) and there’s a valve that lets air out at the correct rate to maintain the desired cabin pressure. I can’t remember the exact timing, but think I recall it being something like every 10 minutes or so that all the cabin air is replaced.
- AzzieElbab 7y agoWhy does this have to be about planes? I fly 3-4 times a year, I take subway every day.
- yostrovs 7y agoHere on HN there's a regular argument for trains as an alternative to cars. Seeing how I end up using the train once in a while, I'm always bothered by the lack of cleanliness of public trains and how people come and go, touch things, leave crumbs, etc., and then I have to sit and touch those very places. Planes vs cars is not really a debate, as certainly for many destinations cars don't make sense.
- HenryKissinger 7y agoNot everyone can afford a car. If you want fewer people to use public transit, pay your low earning employees more so they can buy a car.