> Not according to any flight I have been on.

Are we just learning about future tense?

> In my experience, basic economy is still just as clean and safe of a seat as the others...

They are meaningfully less safe.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8412040/

"Economy class syndrome refers to the occurrence of thrombotic events during long-haul flights, mainly in economy class passengers."