Boarding back-to-front on planes increases COVID-19 infection risk

A team of researchers from the University of West Florida, Florida State University and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has found that boarding airplane passengers from back to front increases their risk of a COVID-19 infection compared to random boarding. In their paper published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, the group describes simulations they created to study the dynamics of passenger plane loading during the pandemic.

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