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Originally Posted by DuckFlyer
(Post 33205413)
I have personally asked many health care workers their opinion on COVID and there certainly is not consensus on COVID being more dangerous than the flu (which kills so many people every year).
Even 15 months into this pandemic I am eagerly gathering data. It makes me say hmmm when I hear that 66% of LA county healthcare workers are refusing to get the vaccine (depending on source). Simple solution amidst the uncertainty. If you are concerned, wear a mask. If you are not concerned, then don’t wear one. Businesses should have a right to mandate what their customers do. Government should not. So even though I disagree with it, I follow AS policy because I choose to fly them. https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...d5&oe=60AE0C7F |
Copy and Paste from my comment in the Washington Post:
One less moron that I have to fly with on Alaska--and one less occupied seat-good job, AS! |
Originally Posted by pinniped
(Post 32826381)
Those tiny in-state airlines probably don't connect passengers to/from the rest of the world at the scale that AS does. As long as covid is a significant risk in much of their route network, people should wear masks throughout the *entire* route network.
I'm sort of assuming that the caseloads in rural Alaska are low. You could argue that all passengers on any airline should mask up on every flight - no matter how small - and won't get any argument from me. It's a tiny inconvenience that can reduce the spread of the disease by a modest amount. It's an easy, free, zero-side-effect thing we can do right now. It continues to boggle my mind how this, of all things, became political. |
Originally Posted by Steve in Olympia
(Post 33206412)
Your "facts" are simply wrong. You are a Covid denier. Covid is far more deadly than influenza.
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Probably up on FT elsewhere, but
Alaska Airlines bans Eagle River lawmaker for violating COVID-19 mask policy https://www.adn.com/politics/alaska-...9-mask-policy/ |
Let her swim!---or buy her a one way ticket to India.
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Originally Posted by isaacchambers
(Post 33206574)
Remember the stats for 1918 do not include all the states that are used in the 2020 calculation. I would like to know what effect it would if all states would be included in the 1918 rate. Regardless of pandemic opinions on this board - i have big issues with the NYT statistical analysis - it can be very selective and assume statistical fact where it was actually editorial opinion/assumption.
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Moderator Note
Since this thread is devolving rather than evolving, we'll close. If there are any news updates, it can be reopened.
dayone, AS Moderator |
Alaska lawmaker drove 750 miles, took ferry after airline ban over mask
From her Facebook: "Alaska I went to new heights to serve you" |
The case of an Alaska senator vs AS
Please feel free to merge into an existing thread. Thank you.
JUNEAU — Eagle River Republican Sen. Lora Reinbold has asked to be excused from legislative business in the state Capitol, telling fellow lawmakers that her ban from Alaska Airlines makes it impossible to fly into Juneau. ... Reinbold was banned from Alaska Airlines earlier this year for failing to follow the company’s COVID-19 rules on mask wearing. https://www.adn.com/politics/alaska-...rk-at-capitol/ See also "This thread is closed for cleanup and some moderator action." https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/alas...s-current.html |
It is actually the case of the case of a passenger failing to follow Federal Law v. an airline requiring compliance with Federal Law. It should not be a political analysis, but the offending passenger sure wants to make it one. Anyone not wanting to comply is always welcome to fly private to get to work. AS didn't and shouldn't play favo(u)rites or have selective enforcement.
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