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Plane study that found a 'virtually non-existent' risk of catching COVID-19 in-flight used 'bad math,' expert claims
2020-10-20
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • A Department of Defense-funded concluded that there is a 'virtually non-existent' risk of coronavirus spreading on airplanes

  • The study called its results 'consistent' with other airliner pathogen spread research conducted by Dr David Freedman

  • But Dr Freedman refused to present the new study's findings, saying they were based on 'bad math'

  • He said that there could be unidentified infections that are traceable back to flights, but weren't accounted for in the new study

  • However, he also said the research is a good sign that the risk of transmission on flights likely is fairly low
Posted by:Skidmark

#13  Anything to keep the hysteria up, huh? Besides. Math is white supremacy anyway.
Posted by: DarthVader   2020-10-20 15:40  

#12  I have a lucky Bloody Mary before boarding.

Haven't become sick or been involved in an accident yet.

Come to think about it, the only trouble I've had is when I didn't have a Bloody Mary beforehand - the engine shit itself during warmup which was very exciting for a youngster with a wing seat.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-10-20 14:03  

#11  Re #6: and don't forget the bacteria on the seats from farts....
Posted by: Mercutio   2020-10-20 12:36  

#10  I've seen a couple of folk cycling outside with a mask (which is crazy enough on it's own) but they've forgotten to wear a cycle helmet!

Truly examples of lockdown cultist IQ.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2020-10-20 11:13  

#9  Recently learned of a story of a genius on a flight who pulled his mask down to sneeze. Did he cover his mouth? (No need to answer.)
Posted by: Clem   2020-10-20 08:21  

#8  Bad maths seems fairly common in "science"...

Especially lockdown cultists though.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2020-10-20 08:20  

#7  /\ ....the Air Line industry is running a fluff piece due to Bankruptcy level losses.

I'll take "fluff piece" for 25,000 Skymiles Alex.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-10-20 07:32  

#6  

IF we to believe this we must also forget:
the 6ft Social Distancing requirements,

That Coughing droplets float 8 to 10+ feet,

That Sneezes travel 8 to 12 ft.

The seats are less than 6ft apart.

The passengers next to, behind me, in front of me and beside me are only 18" to 36" away.

Of course now IF the virus is NOT as deadly ad we were told for 10+ months and I still believe it isn't. Then following usual simple Flu precautions is enough.

Or this is in part an admission that the C-19 virus ,having mutated at least 4 times, is not longer as deadly as it was originally and the Air Line industry is running a fluff piece due to Bankruptcy level losses.

BTW: even Movies theaters are opening back up using the checker board seating process map.


Posted by: NN2N1   2020-10-20 07:27  

#5  Just in time for holiday travel.
Posted by: Thimp Clusort2035   2020-10-20 06:06  

#4  Surprise meter?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-10-20 02:41  

#3  Adding medical UV lights in the air filtration system couldn't hurt.
Posted by: 3dc   2020-10-20 02:16  

#2  Plane study that found a 'virtually non-existent' risk of catching COVID-19 in-flight used 'bad math,' expert claims

That's another reason I don't like Common Core.
Posted by: gorb   2020-10-20 02:11  

#1  Woman in her 30s who died on flight from Arizona to Texas in July after 'falling ill and having difficulty breathing' was suffering from COVID-19, officials confirm
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-10-19 12:31  

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