China just made a strange recommendation for flying during the pandemic

[Chris Smith]

• The Civil Aviation Administration of China issued updated documentation for the local airline industry a few weeks ago. It details the best health practices for avoiding a coronavirus infection on airplanes.
• In addition to the usual health measures expected for the industry during the pandemic, the guidelines include a strange recommendation that doesn’t have an immediate explanation.
• The document advises flight attendants to wear diapers to avoid using the lavatories.

We’re witnessing the worst part of the coronavirus pandemic, just as vaccines are about to be used in Western countries, including the US and Europe. The numbers for daily infections and deaths are hitting new record highs in America, with more than 100,000 people hospitalized with COVID-19. The worse is yet to come as health experts worry that Thanksgiving and Christmas will fuel bigger surges.

As more people travel during the holidays, and as families tend to congregate indoors during the winter, the risk of infection rises dramatically. There are ways to minimize exposure, but no public health measure will deliver 100% protection. The more people are infected in a community, the higher the risk for everyone else is. As all of that is happening, China made one of the strangest recommendations so far.

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