Impact of leaving the middle seat empty

Impact of leaving the middle seat empty

Many airlines are keeping passengers from sitting in the middle seat.

An MIT professor looked at the risk of sitting in the middle seat and found when it's left open, you're much less likely to catch the virus.

MIDDLE SEAT DURING FLIGHTS.NOW - AN M-I-T PROFESSOR LOOKEDAT THE RISK OF SITTING IN THATMIDDLE SEAT.HE LOOKED AT RESEARCH ON THETRANSMISSION AND THE NUMBER OFCASES IN THE U-S.HE SAYS - IF YOU SIT ON A FULLPLANE - YOUR RISK IS ONE IN43-HUNDRED.AND IF THE MIDDLE SEAT IS OPENITS ONE IN 77-HUNDRED."THE TAKEAWAY IS THERE IS ADIFFERENCE.I THINK THAT IT ISSTATISTICALLY SAFER IF THEMIDDLE SEAT IS KEPT OPEN.THE DIFFERENCE IS MEASURABLEAND PERCEPTIBLE.THIS IS BASED ON NUMBERS FROMLATE JUNE.WITH MORE NEW CASES - IT'SLIKELY THERE IS A GREATERCHANCE NOW.