cabin air quality
Hello.
I wonder if I may trouble you for a technical opinion.
I am a gp, and a patient of mine has Lymphoma (a cancer of the lymphatic system) They have received chemotherapy, and thishas worked well, and they are now in remission.
The chemo will have thrashed their immune system, so they will not have quite the same ability to fight off infection as a person who has not received such poison.
They are allowed to do what they like in terms of going to public places, concerts etc, but have had the fear of god put into them with a total ban on flying as they may catch something from the filthy and germ ridden air that is in airoplane cabins.
It was my understanding that this is air is replaced by air that is sucked in through the engine(hence the problems that have been caused with leaky seals and oil.)
Presumably recirculated air goes through some sort of purification/filtering system....I would have thought that breathing unacceptably contaminated air would be not acceptable.
It sounds like an urban myth, concocted by those that dont understand, but think they do.
She overheard some other lad in the clinic have a hell of a bollocking, as they found that he had just returned from skiing!!!!
Any thought or advice welcome.....If you want advice on your ingrowing toenail, I can return the favour!!!!!!