'Even companies like Delta now calling this an ordinary seasonal virus in a press release and it's not ordinary, and it's definitely not seasonal yet,' says ABC's Dr. Alok Patel.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Strong reaction is coming in after a federal judge struck down the mask mandate on airplanes and mass transit."It sets a really scary precedent for a time when we think about public health emergencies and whether or not judges and politics can override what the CDC is saying," says UCSF's Dr. Peter Chin-Hong.
In 2020, Sean Kinahan and the National Strategic Research Institute at University of Nebraska, was part of a group that found coronavirus transmission was reduced by more than 99 percent on planes due to high air exchange rates, Hepa filtered recirculation, and downward ventilation. But Kinahan says the study didn't account for people sneezing or talking to you in close proximity on a plane without a mask on. Research scientist Shanna Ratnesar-Shumate questions the moments getting to that airplane.
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