Traveling While Sick? Take These 4 Precautions!

December 6, 2019 by Tia Muhammad

I’m sure we’ve all seen that viral video of supermodel Naomi Campbell going in aboard a flight with disinfectant wipes just before she sat down for take-off. Most found it hilarious while others found Campbell’s actions necessary.

Traveling sick? You may need to take a page out of Naomi’s travel book and take some of these precautions:

1. Think Twice Before You Touch

According to Forbes, a 2015 study revealed that there are a few places on planes that are actually dirtier than the bathroom. A microbiologist collected samples from four flights to calculate the total number of bacteria per square inch.

Though the airplane bathroom flush button had only 265 bacteria colony-forming units (CFU) per square inch, overhead

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