I hear them bashing Joe Biden about his remarks about flying and catching stuff circulating in the plane. Too bad when the economics of flying (and the political clout of the airline industry) have to trump the common sense he spoke, of not getting in enclosed spaces for long periods of time and likely catching something in the process.

I've caught colds and flu on airplanes. You get stuck in a seat near someone who is sick and you don't get just a few germs to fight off, you get clobbered every time they cough or even breathe much. :-/

Of course someone who doesn't share this opinion might come along and slam it as anecdotal, but I'm not the only one this has happened to. And a friend of mine who was a flight attendant said one of the best things about finally stopping flying for Delta after a dozen or more years was not getting sick all of the time from stuff passengers brought on board. It didn't matter if she was careful not to fly when she was sick, passengers didn't take that care, and they got her all of the time.

SRS