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Let's take a look. so on a window shade, for example, mersa can live for fiv days. on leather seats mrsa can live for six days and on that tray table mrsa can live for five days. e. coli, the dangerous kind, can live for three days. now the place where the bacteria live the longest was actually the asset pocket. you know the asset pocket in front of you that contains the emergency information? those cloth seat pockets mrsa lived for seven days, but it is important to note that the cloth did prevent the bacteria from spreading easily because basically the bacteria kind of got absorbed into the ...

Germs as the person that sat in the seat before you and before that. so it's, you know, once a day is not going to get hefrg. >> if you travel a lot, is there anything to do to protect yourself? wipe down the seat with wipes or not a good idea? >> you know, anderson, i'll tell you. i sat next to people that do that and thought they're so -- why are they doing that? i'll tell you that i read the study i think they're smart. you get an alcohol-based wipe and wipe down the tray table and the armrest and all of that, the window shade and kills the bugs so that's a pretty easy thing to do. >> some ...

The seat before you and before that. so it's, you know, once a day is not going to get everything. >> if you travel a lot, is there anything to do to protect yourself? wipe down the seat with wipes or is that not a good idea? >> you know, anderson, i'll tell you. i sat next to people that do that and thought they're so -- why are they doing that? i'll tell you, now that i read the study i think they're smart. you get an alcohol-based wipe and wipe down the tray table and the armrest and all of that, the window shade and kills the bugs so that's a pretty easy thing to do. >> some people said an...

E. coli and the antibiotic resistant mrsa can live on long after the passenger departed the plane. i took a flight -- why are planes different than buses or trains? it is because a lot of times on planes we eat and that's hand to mouth. bringing the germs right to our face. on a typical washington to new york route, up to seven trips a day, meaning as many as six other people in the same seat, touching the tray table and window shade. airlines say every time they land the cabin is cleaned, seats and tray tables wiped. delta says overnight a more thorough disinfectant, including the walls and w...

That. so it's, you know, once a day is not going to get hefrg. >> if you travel a lot, is there anything to do to protect yourself? wipe down the seat with wipes or not a good idea? >> you know, anderson, i'll tell you. i sat next to people that do that and thought they're so -- why are they doing that? i'll tell you that i read the study i think they're smart. you get an alcohol-based wipe and wipe down the tray table and the armrest and all of that, the window shade and kills the bugs so that's a pretty easy thing to do. >> some people said okayty bacterial wipes are bad and sort of overusin...