Wow, this is extraordinarily cautious. I’m an infectious disease epidemiologist, and while this is… Um. …going to keep you safe, the incremental advantages you gain by keeping yourself in a near-sterile bubble (personal UV light? anti-microbial mouthwash? Really?) seem far out-weighed by the intense stress (for me, anyway).
- Stay hydrated
- Wear your mask (a good one)
- Wash your hands
- Don’t stress over unmasking briefly to eat, drink, etc, but I would recommend masking right back up. Studies have shown that risk of infection increases with dose and duration of exposure. If you can eat in a few minutes, you should be fine.
Depending on your tolerance for risk, consider masking at the gate, and masking in the plane until it reaches altitude. At that point, the filtration system should have circulated the air, and begun removing infectious particles. THIS IS NOT PERFECT and you are at higher risk of Covid on a plane than elsewhere (this is common sense, you are packed in like sardines), but once the air filtration systems have fully kicked in, the amount of infectious particles in the air will be lower (assuming there were any to begin with) than while at the gate, taxiing, etc. But if you are someone at risk of Covid (eg, preexisting conditions that put you at risk for a bad outcome), it’s best to mask up for the whole trip, unfortunately!
But I would not invest in the suite of gear they recommend in this post.
