{"606862":{"#nid":"606862","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Yes, airplanes are germy - but not more so than your house or office, study says","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAirplanes have a bad rep for being disease incubators. Passengers have been advised to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/trip-ideas\/yoga-wellness\/avoid-germs-flu-while-flying\u0022\u003Epick window seats\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and turn on their overhead air vent to avoid catching germs, while some even\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/time.com\/3814975\/ladies-and-germs\/\u0022\u003Ewear surgical masks\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;during flights. But planes aren\u0026rsquo;t necessarily more germ-ridden as other places we spend our time, according to a recent study. One of the study\u0026#39;s authors is School of Mathematics Professor Howie Weiss.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"30678","created_gmt":"2018-06-11 13:44:53","changed_gmt":"2018-06-11 13:44:53","author":"A. Maureen Rouhi","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"analog memristors","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/mic.com\/articles\/189739\/yes-airplanes-are-germy-but-not-more-so-than-your-house-or-office-study-says#.Rh8cJ7QxQ","dateline":{"date":"2018-06-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-06-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"604075":{"id":"604075","type":"image","title":"Howard (Howie) Weiss","body":null,"created":"1521643133","gmt_created":"2018-03-21 14:38:53","changed":"1521643133","gmt_changed":"2018-03-21 14:38:53","alt":"","file":{"fid":"230248","name":"Howard Weiss square.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Howard%20Weiss%20square.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Howard%20Weiss%20square.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":55874,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Howard%20Weiss%20square.jpg?itok=SjdAPFHp"}}},"media_ids":["604075"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"178243","name":"airplane microbiome"},{"id":"64981","name":"Howie Weiss"},{"id":"168854","name":"School of Mathematics"},{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}