Originally Posted by
thegeneral
What are the health risks of walking bare-foot through security?
Have you heard of a massive increase in serious diseases when the shoe regulations came in to play? No? Me either.
I know of one infectious disease specialist who believes there has been an increase in infection rates among diabetics who are too timid to argue with the TSA about removing their shoes.
It really doesn't slow me down any, so I'm not sure. There are valid reasons why they search laptops. Don't forget to balance out those costs. That said, taking my shoes on and off and taking out my laptop is not a rate taking step for me. It takes me less than a minute to put a laptop back in and put my shoes back on. Taking them out and off happens while im in a lineup anyways.
I believe you said sometime back that it takes you only 10 seconds longer to get through security than it did prior to the current nonsense. Now it's a minute.