Do Masks On Plane Flights Really Cut Your Risk Of Catching COVID-19?
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Do Masks On Plane Flights Really Cut Your Risk Of Catching COVID-19?

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Do Masks On Plane Flights Really Cut Your Risk Of Catching COVID-19? Just on Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it now "strongly recommends" all passengers and crew members wear masks. "They test everybody by PCR on arrival, quarantine them in single rooms for 14 days and then test the passengers again," says infectious disease doctor David O. Freedman at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Not only does the airline require passengers and crew members to wear masks, but flight attendants also make sure everyone keeps on their masks, as much as possible, throughout the entire flight. "Those were flights with higher risk, and yet there was no transmission," Freedman says.

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