Originally Posted by
cashash
With the middle seat free you dont have the 2 meter separation. For example BA A320 seats are only 17 inches wide so if you are sitting in 1A and you leave 2A free but you put someone else in 3A then you do not have 2 meter separation.
If you are saying that separation of 17 inches is now adequate then is there any point to enforced separation in the first place?.
Many countries operate on a recommendation of just minimum 1 metre separation.
The most mportant is to not touch the same surfaces as others. And clean your hands with sanitizer if you do. So no shared armrests are more important than no middle seat.
Virus droplet expulsion through sneezes, coughts or talking can be reduced with masks. More difficult to stop the constant tendenzy to touch your face, and even more so with a mask on. And if you touch your face with a contaminated hand and wearing a normal non hospital mask, the virus will go straight through. An alternative for every seat occupied could be if everybody wore fully covering clothing, gloves and a full solid helmet with a closed vizir. Pretty much like you see the staff these days on tv pictures from chinese hospitals.