# "I didn't pay for First Class just to sit next to a dead body!"

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 20, 2007, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-pay-for-first-class-just-to-sit-next-to-a-dead-body/396661 "2007-03-20T02:28:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-pay-for-first-class-just-to-sit-next-to-a-dead-body/396661/81 "2007-03-30T22:33:31Z")

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[QUOTE=Lissa]  
Another “I agree” post. It’s not like the body is going to start decomposing or do anything scary and dead’s not catching.  
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Aside from the various mentions of bladder and bowels clearing, I disagree with the second statement. _Maybe_ dead’s not catching. Are you or the airline staff medically competent enough to determine if, in this case, the woman died of something noncommunicable?

There’s a reason medical examiners wear gloves, and it’s not to protect the corpses from getting sick.

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