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Study ranks airports most-likely to spread germs

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Airports are not just irritating there also gross.

Researchers at MIT say they're filled with germs.

And could be key to the spread of infectious diseases really around the globe.

The 24/7 flow of people means viruses bacteria other pathogens are getting deposited picked up and transferred out in the world with a link -- an incredible rate.

We have a map showing flight routes from the forty largest US airports you -- -- experts say the airport's most likely.

To spread diseases were New York's JFK.

Followed by LAX and Los Angeles Honolulu.

San Francisco and New York Liberty just across the river from Manhattan.

Doctor Arthur Caplan is joining us now he runs the division.

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Apartment of popular population health at NYU's lingo and medical center.

-- I thought about it with the airports -- mean I'm always a little careful on the -- but.

-- -- about the airplane turns out to be not as bad as you -- think because they get pretty carefully controlled air flow.

Bottom of the airport is two things.

People are coming through all the time heavily used fairly clean it but it's not to sanitize the way an air craft can even JF -- -- -- shoot -- part of me is saying that was a joke.

Part of me is saying.

The discovery that airports are gross is.

That's newsworthy -- -- but.

The other problem is people are traveling from places where -- or diseases that are around here measles mumps polio has come in.

But to -- goes to Africa gets to a place where there's an outbreak.

So you can really get exposed what some have diseases and ailments that you wouldn't expect to see in the US but because of international travel he's getting on the plane.

All of a sudden you get these people passed through airports -- sneeze and -- cut -- but you.

That's the advice for flyers so.

Three things to do what.

-- -- yourself.

Thank you TSA.

Don't -- ends don't.

-- don't you know me.

The more years controlling do you come into contact with the better.

Bring your little pure will bring you little little -- sanitize -- very useful to have works.

I think you should do something else which I'm sure we're not -- that you can get your vaccinations -- why.

Because if you don't vaccinated against the mumps and measles won't -- off.

You know chip we have epidemics of each one of those in the US right now Washington State has nine times the number who -- -- case that had last year why.

None vaccination why the cases -- coming in through here and all of this this weirdness from people who suddenly think vaccines are not -- I don't know where the heck that started -- why -- But people need to get get a grip your best protection is to act as if you were looting that just didn't -- -- feed mixer Minneapolis.

You're also with the united ruby.

Bangladesh.

And other places where there's some nasty diseases that thankfully aren't here too much accident accident kid -- self.

All right -- Airports and that's exactly reports hard hats spank your food -- do do do you own -- well it's getting better reported that it but -- health official.

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