• J Travel Med · Dec 2020

    In-flight Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: a review of the attack rates and available data on the efficacy of face masks.

    • David O Freedman and Annelies Wilder-Smith.
    • Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
    • J Travel Med. 2020 Dec 23; 27 (8).

    AbstractThe absence of large numbers of published in-flight transmissions of SARS-CoV-2 is not definitive evidence of safety. All peer-reviewed publications of flights with possible transmission are categorized by the quantity of transmission. Three mass transmission flights without masking are contrasted to 5 with strict masking and 58 cases with zero transmission.

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