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Lack of COVID-19 transmission on an international flight

Kevin L. Schwartz, Michelle Murti, Michael Finkelstein, Jerome A. Leis, Alanna Fitzgerald-Husek, Laura Bourns, Hamidah Meghani, Andrea Saunders, Vanessa Allen and Barbara Yaffe
CMAJ April 14, 2020 192 (15) E410; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.75015
Kevin L. Schwartz
Infectious disease physician, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ont.
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Michelle Murti
Public health physician, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ont.
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Associate medical officer of health, Toronto Public Health, Toronto, Ont.
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Jerome A. Leis
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Alanna Fitzgerald-Husek
Associate medical officer of health, York Region Public Health, Newmarket, Ont.
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Laura Bourns
Associate medical officer of health, Region of Peel Public Health, Mississauga, Ont.
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Hamidah Meghani
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Chief, Medical Microbiology, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ont.
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  • RE: Lack of COVID-19 transmission on an international flight
    sheldon r weinberg [PhD]
    Posted on: 18 July 2020
  • Posted on: (18 July 2020)
    RE: Lack of COVID-19 transmission on an international flight
    • sheldon r weinberg [PhD], psychology, retired, self, independent psychologist licensed, currently on inactive status

    Any follow-up, especially regarding retesting or full course of illness but also testing for antibodies?
    Obviously, there is considerable faith put on the limited testing reported, and there is no information about illness course or antibody testing. Lastly, any information on the other, larger number of passengers, or how well the screening test used has held up (sensitivity/specificity). One would think a passenger or two might have developed Covid-19 on a flight of 350??

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    • Kevin L. Schwartz, Michelle Murti, Michael Finkelstein, et al. Lack of COVID-19 transmission on an international flight. CMAJ 2020;192:E410-E410.
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Kevin L. Schwartz, Michelle Murti, Michael Finkelstein, Jerome A. Leis, Alanna Fitzgerald-Husek, Laura Bourns, Hamidah Meghani, Andrea Saunders, Vanessa Allen, Barbara Yaffe
CMAJ Apr 2020, 192 (15) E410; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.75015

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