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Should You Fly With the Flu?

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(Nov. 23) -- Air travelers bracing themselves for the annual Thanksgiving rush this week may have something else to fret about: passengers who could be bringing a little extra baggage of the viral kind on board.
2009-11-23 19:29:05

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Air travelers bracing themselves for the annual Thanksgiving rush this week may have something else to fret about: passengers who could be bringing a little extra baggage of the viral kind on board. Of all the places where H1N1 or other flu viruses may lurk, none seems as worrisome as the cramped cabin of an airplane, where hundreds of human beings share the same space and air. So it may be unsettling to discover that 51 percent of respondents in a recent informal poll would fly while sick with the flu rather than pay a flight rebooking fee. About 2,300 people answered the online survey question.