You guys still have 20k+ cases DAILY, and everyone seems to think the danger is over. We are seeing large nations, like India, undertake immense repatriation missions. It’s really just a simple math problem. EXCLUSIVE: Biden team colluded with Iran to foil Trump diplomacy. The USA will likely be banned from entering other countries as borders open, or be subjected to 14 day quarantines. “Because science.”. One more step in showing how they treat the elderly. @Katherine Whitley-Most airlines are doing an exceptional job cleaning and sanitizing aircraft now. It’s extremely clear. Thank you for posting the numbers. Ever. Quite likely most aircraft now flown by U.S. carriers are cleaner than your own living room. Booked today to fly the final Delta MD-88 and MD-90 flights! Keep ‘em coming! I began flying once I did my own analysis of the numbers. I want AIRLINES to give in writing that they will pay $1 million if someone falls sick. Unless the airlines, the FAA, the CDC, or some other federal agency prohibits passenger travel, just stop with all this judgy commentary. What a glorious weekend this is shaping up to be! Would be interesting to find out that data here. If you don’t believe me, maybe you’ll believe that right-wing rag known as the Washington Post. Click to Read More Percentages and the ~ symbol are school math/arithmetic. Based on experimental data, there would have been ~10M people infected without just 4 of the safety measures that were implemented, and ~35M people would have been infected without any of the measures implemented. Save us, Jebus! All those folks are not actually travelling either, they’re just working to keep near-empty flghts in the air per the bailout terms. Uber drivers, hotel people… there is starting to be some optimism again. I used to work in broadcasting 20 years ago. Toilets are not safe unless cleaned every time someone uses it. There are plenty of people making staggeringly bad decisions every minute of every day, so some people will be flying when they don’t absolutely need to be. I am flying again tomorrow, and I expect to see more and more folks each week. Not only are there no 1st world countries that practice it – but the worst dictators in history have come from these backgrounds. I am going to have to fly across country soon. Yes, This Will Pay For Itself Many Times Over! I wish I didn’t have to, but I have pushed it back as far as I can. NOW can u take temperatures at boarding and refuse boarding to sickly? When lockdown hysterics say to “follow the science,” they don’t actually mean follow the science. Innumeracy among the ruling and chattering classes certainly contributed to the lockdown debacles. If putting on a mask is a personal Vietnam War for you, you really are a pansy ass bitch who needs to learn how to suck it up. Doesn’t bother me. I want to travel. Your selfish and hypocritical attitude is harming hundreds of thousands more people than Coronavirus ever will. All my business travel is down to zero. Um, this is not a 4.6% drop, its a 95.4% drop. We’ll see, as the states reopen. Texas(!) Now it’s the norm. Is it safer to fly or drive? Maybe forever. But again, the evolution of the projected deaths shows that, at least in this case, it WAS worth living our lives by the models. .even looking through a window because it might be the last time I see them alive. If it were possible to measure the difference, that would be the true measure of success or failure. 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