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Aug 17, 2020, 10:59 am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by fatlasercat

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1....02.20143826v3

Not a huge difference.

Unless I misread the abstract, the paper concludes it's about twice as likely to catch COVID if the middle seat is occupied. Neither case is particularly likely, which is maybe the broader point.