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It should be law that airlines cannot seat people so closely, at least until Covid passes.

If they need to double or triple the airfare, so be it. I don't think increasing the price will alter demand that much, I don't see how people will rush back to travel unless it is absolutely necessary - thus price sensitivity will be fairly inelastic as a result.

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Makes no sense to separate people from their children or partners who they live with. Not everyone travels alone.

even better if they use some of the preliminary infection flow in small spaces research[0] to design a seating arrangement to minimize transmission, figure out which air vents should be open, etc.

you can be seated 60cm to the right of someone and not be infected, but 6 meters behind or infront and get infected

[0] https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0764_article

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