Infectious disease expert challenges airlines’ COVID-19 safety analysis

Published Oct 19 2020 at 5:27 PM GMT

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An infectious disease expert behind a study promoted by aviation giants to encourage travel during the COVID-19 pandemic says he finds fault with their takeaway that flying has little to no risk — calling their analysis “bad math.” Dr David Freedman published research that was drawn upon in an International Air Transport Association (IATA) report.