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		noobermin on May 5, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading in France in late... On the one hand you say it won't spread in airplanes but will spread on a train, literally contradicting the sense between those two sentences.

andbberger on May 5, 2020 [–]

Not a contradiction as it is not a direct comparison. Planes have substantially greater ventilation then trains on average.

bitexploder on May 5, 2020 | [–]

They also have HEPA filters, etc.

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