Empty middle seats on planes won’t stop the coronavirus

An empty seat won’t prevent transmission, but it might help a little. Check out this episode of our new Quibi show, Answered. There’s a new episode daily you can watch here: As coronavirus lockdowns loosen, flights are starting to fill up — leading many people to call for empty middle seats. Keeping middle seats open on a plane can help maintain physical distance between passengers. But it’s unlikely to prevent virus transmission; there are many other ways coronaviru