Why Air Travel is Such a Mess (with United CEO Scott Kirby)
In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt
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Is There a Middle Ground?
I was absolutely an advocate for, once we got into the level of maccinations we had in the country, that it was time to not require masks on airplanes any more. Studies show that there's a very high likelihood that on every plane there is someone who is contagious with covid in about one in every tent rows,. In other words, sir, there they are contagious and don't know it. And that the ventilation systems work great for, i'm airborn droplets. That the real risk is in the three immediate rows of where someone is sitting. It's logistically impracticable to have separate rows om on airplane. So that's not something we're going to do
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