Transmission of Infectious Disease During Air Travel

by Charles B. Simone, MMS, MD
 

Tom Frieden, MD, director of the Centers for Disease Control, said, “At this point there is zero risk of transmission of Ebola on air flight. It does not spread from someone who doesn’t have fever or other symptoms” (USA Today, Oct. 2, 2014).
That’s not exactly true (Lancet. 2005;365:989–996). Ebola spreads in primate’s by aerosol transmission and also by direct contact with blood, mucus or other fluids from an infected person. Ebola and Lassa are two viruses that cause hemorrhagic fever. They have longer incubation periods, making infected passengers potentially symptom free and unaware that they are infected at the time of travel, even though they can spread disease by droplet transmission. These droplets are created by infected persons when they cough, sneeze, or speak; and the droplets are propelled up to 3 feet and deposited on a susceptible host’s eyes or mucous membranes. Other infectious diseases that can be transmitted during air flight: tuberculosis, SARS, the common cold, influenza, meningococcal disease, measles, salmonella, cholera, and smallpox.

  What can you do to help yourself?

Defend Yourself From A Viral Attack 

(excerpt from my book How To Save Yourself From A Terrorist Attack)

1. Wash your hands and face often with soap.
2. Use diluted bleach to decontaminate skin and inanimate objects.

3. Keep sinus ports open with steam.

4. Hydrogen peroxide: gargle twice a day.

5. Zinc: weekly dose 50–70 mg/day.

6. N-acetylcysteine 600 mg/day.

7. Vitamin C: 2–4 grams/day.

8. Quercetin: 500 mg twice a day.

9. Jet planes should use only outside air for the cabin. Commercial airlines are a suitable environment for the spread of infectious disease carried by passengers or crew. The air quality in the cabin is important. Request the pilot to bring in fresh air from the outside. This increases the use of fuel and therefore is not frequently done because of cost. You can also turn off the vents just above your head to prevent that recirculated cabin air from blowing directly on your face.

Charles B. Simone, MMS, MD, is an internist (Cleveland Clinic 1975–1977), medical oncologist (National Cancer Institute 1977–1982), tumor immunologist (NCI 1977–1982), and radiation oncologist (University of Pennsylvania 1982–1985), and is the founder of the Simone Protective Cancer Institute (1980). He wrote Cancer and Nutrition, A Ten Point Plan for Prevention and Cancer Life Extension (1981; 3rd rev. 2005), The Truth About Breast Health – Breast Cancer (2002), The Truth About Prostate Health – Prostate Cancer (2005), How to Save Yourself from a Terrorist Attack (2001), and Nutritional Hydration, Medical Strategy for Military and Athlete Warriors (2008); helped organize the Office of Alternative Medicine (NIH; 1992); helped write the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994, helped win landmark cases against the FDA by showing that it violated the First and Fifth Amendment rights of Americans; helped introduce the Health Freedom Protection Act of 2005 (H.R. 2117); and was bestowed the first Bulwark of Liberty Award in 2001 by the American Preventive Association and the James Lind Scientific Achievement Award in 2004.

In 1980 Dr Simone founded the Simone KidStart Prevention Program, the first of its kind. Since 1980 he has worked with inner-city churches to teach prevention, detection, and treatment. He is a consultant for heads of state of the US and other countries and for celebrities, and advises many governments regarding health care. He testifies for the Senate and House on matters concerning health, cancer, disease prevention, children’s health programs, FDA reform, and alternative medicine. He appears on 60 Minutes, Primetime Live, Fox News, and others. Dr Simone coaches some world-class elite endurance athletes, such as Khalid Khannouchi (“Greatest marathoner ever” – USA Today), some Gold Medal Olympians, and others. He developed the patented Nutritional Hydration formula (Simone Super Energy) that was first used in desert warfare in 1990, worked closely with Special Operations Forces, and in December 2003 was presented with the Distinguished Speaker Award at the Special Operations Medical Conference in Tampa, Florida. Dr Simone is currently working to improve combat effectiveness using nutritional hydration for the Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, Florida. All of his research in prevention, detection, and treatment is culminating in his most compelling work that will positively change the health-care system. Recognizing a looming health-care crisis, he submitted a simple method in 1993 that was finally patented. Dr Simone’s method is imperative to follow because of ObamaCare. Employees, no matter what duration of employment, pay an increased portion of health insurance premiums and can voluntarily participate in the program that quantifies costs for controllable risk factors. Employees can change that behavior or take personal responsibility for the increased cost attributable to the behavior by paying more for insurance. America spends the most on health, ranks last among the top 19 nations, and has one of the highest infant mortality rates. Without Simone’s initiative, we will witness the catastrophic collapse of the health system – then America as we know it.

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