# Wearing a mask on an airplane

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-a-mask-on-an-airplane/646438>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 8, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-a-mask-on-an-airplane/646438 "2013-01-08T02:58:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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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:** [January 9, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-a-mask-on-an-airplane/646438/21 "2013-01-09T19:52:20Z")

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> [@Ruby](#):
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> I’m seriously thinking about wearing a mask the next time I fly to STAY healthy. Every time I fly I seem to catch a bug from all of that recirculated air.

Me too.

I wish it were more common so I wouldn’t feel silly.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-a-mask-on-an-airplane/646438/22 "2013-01-11T06:55:27Z")

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Just for a cold would be odd, but, even if it’s caused by a cold virus, I would not call what you have a cold. A cold does not make it into your lungs. One that does is too strong to take chances on.

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**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-a-mask-on-an-airplane/646438/23 "2013-01-12T22:14:26Z")

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> [@Sailboat](#):
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> Wear a Nixon mask.

Better yet, a Shatner one…😃

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