I caught the coronavirus this past October on a commercial flight returning home from Denver. My aisle seat was toward the back of the sold-out flight with an airline that refused to keep middle seats open. By hour two of the flight, there was a line for the bathroom. All those people standing over me, breathing down my neck—I’m not an epidemiologist, but I’m going to guess that didn’t help. I also took off my mask for a few moments during the flight to inhale a bag of pretzels and guzzle a can of ginger ale, so I may be complicit in my infection.
The Smell of LL
Key Takeaways:
- Despite extreme initial caution, the author contracted COVID-19 on a commercial flight due to complacency, stemming from gradually eroding safety behaviors.
- He parallels this experience to aviation safety, where pilots often erode safety margins, illustrating how "fine until it isn't" thinking leads to serious consequences.
- The article emphasizes that complacency carries a high cost, using his own COVID-19 infection and its long-term effects as a stark example.
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