Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Airlines would have us believe catching coronavirus on a flight doesn't happen. Research shows otherwise.

I've read quite a articles from airlines that would lead me to believe catching coronavirus on a flight doesn't happen and it's safe to fly. Until now I haven't found any research to disprove the airlines' assertions but now research has shown people have been infected on flights, so it can and does happen.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/09/studies-trace-covid-19-spread-international-flights

What is interesting is the research in this case was about a person in business class where the distance between passengers is greater. In addition in the case provided the number of people infected that were around the positive person was quite high with an attack rate of 62% for the business class section of the plane.

Kelvin Eldridge
www.Mapz.com.au/coronavirusvictoria/ 

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