Fly Flu-Free

Worried about getting sick on your next holiday or work trip? Know this: It matters where you sit.

- Kelvin Tan

You’re fine and healthy when you got on the plane, only to catch a bug during the flight, and feel like crap afterwards. Want to avoid that fate? According to a new study reported by The New York Times, a lot depends on who’s sitting in your row, and the rows in front of and behind you.

So, in case you didn’t know, here’s how flu works – it’s transmitted by small respiratory droplets that go aerosol when someone ill sneezes, coughs or talks. The droplets go about three to four metres, and can be picked up from something the flu-riddled person had touched as well.