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7 SESSION 2 Health Update Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge, St. Louis International Airport and Chair, ACRP Oversight Committee, Moderator Presenters Hilary Godwin, University of Washington School of Public Health Baruch Fischhoff, Carnegie Mellon University Rhonda Hamm‐Niebruegge introduced Session 2, a health update by Hilary Godwin, Dean of the University of Washington School of Public Health, who presented on health, safety, and travel during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and Baruch Fischhoff, Howard Heinz University Professor in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy and Institute for Politics and Strategy at the Carnegie Mellon University, who presented on passenger risk perception, confidence, and behavior.
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8 is developed. She also stated that with any new disease, it takes a little while to develop tests for it, and this one is no exception.
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9 What we know right now about transmission of COVID-19 is that the highest risk is due to droplets from someone who is coughing or sneezing or speaking loudly, who has that large amount of virus in their body and those droplets can hang out in the air for about 6 feet. So being in close proximity within 6 feet of someone who is infected for an extended period of time, which would be approximately 10 to 15 minutes or more -- that is where we see the highest risk for infection.
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10 Godwin also stated that it is important to remember that under federalism in the United States, the power to protect the public health and safety is reserved to the state, so there are going to be a lot of different reactions on how to deal with COVID-19 as each governor and each state health department make their own decisions. She cited an example in Washington State about how people were aware and had clear guidance about when they could do different things, which is not true for every state.
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11 information environment and reiterated Godwin's statement that this is new and there is a lot to learn. Fischhoff continued by asking, "What do we need to know about any of our decisions, whether it's travel or health care or going to the playground with our kids?
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12 Fischhoff stated that evidence can be created from old and new sources, citing the National Academies' Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases and 21st Century Health Threats that is doing work on COVID-19. This committee is chaired by Harvey Fineberg, a former president of the National Academy of Medicine.
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13 Fischhoff stated that people who study individual differences say that it appears that there are some people who are better decision-makers than others as a function of their upbringing, which is reflected in the decisions that they make. He added that there are differences in people's decision-making styles, which he cited are important to respect in a diverse workforce and in members of the public but are hard to measure.
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14 • What is the measure of contamination? • How well is that contamination picked up so it will go from contamination to routine testing and then flow through the process of measuring contamination?
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15 Fischhoff responded that these are economic political questions. He said he believed that the whole system would fail if people do not believe what is said about the safety of flying again and if information is not consistent with the facts.
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16 Godwin added that the change to recommend face masks was really due to new information, which was the component of people who are asymptomatic being responsible for a significant amount of the transmission. In addition, it was the realization that although cloth face coverings do not provide fantastic protection for the wearer, they actually provide pretty good protection for other people nearby.
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17 Hamm‐Niebruegge asked, "How long will practicing social distancing need to be done on an aircraft, and what is the reality and financial impact of trying to keep social distancing onboard? What is the economic viability in the long term?
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