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That's just it though. You're safer strapped into a seat, doing nothing, than you are doing whatever it is you do at home.

Would you be safer in your living room doing nothing, strapped to a seat, never doing anything remotely hazardous (like walking around), vs the same in a tube in the sky? Yes, of course. But that's not what people actually DO in their living rooms!

>>dmd+(OP)
Higher risk of developing blood clots while sitting immobilized at altitude in an airplane seat.

Contributing factors:

- Prolonged immobility, which causes blood to pool in the legs

- Low cabin pressure and dehydration from the dry cabin air