{"id":61976,"date":"2020-07-25T11:21:18","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T11:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virusreports.net\/i-am-in-a-risk-category-fauci-explains-why-he-wont-be-getting-on-a-plane-right-now-amid-covid-19\/"},"modified":"2020-07-25T11:21:18","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T11:21:18","slug":"i-am-in-a-risk-category-fauci-explains-why-he-wont-be-getting-on-a-plane-right-now-amid-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virusreports.net\/i-am-in-a-risk-category-fauci-explains-why-he-wont-be-getting-on-a-plane-right-now-amid-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I am in a risk category&#8217;: Fauci explains why he won&#8217;t be getting on a plane right now amid COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"module-position-S4qaVSbX9kw\">\n<p><span data-track-label=\"article|travel:news|authorbyline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/staff\/2647916001\/david-oliver\/\" rel=\"author\">David Oliver<\/a>, USA TODAY<\/span><span><br \/>\n            Published 9:50 a.m. ET July 24, 2020<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div itemprop=\"mainEntity articleBody\" role=\"main\">\n<div id=\"module-position-S4qaVXB060E\">\n<div itemprop=\"video\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>CLOSE<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/uxstatic\/usatoday\/usat-web-static-5015.54.0\/images\/sprites\/icon_close.png\"><\/img><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p itemprop=\"description\">\n<p>        Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks to how personal responsibility and social distancing is the key to ending the spread of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>    <span>USA TODAY<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>You may be debating whether you want to\u00a0<a data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/travel\/airline-news\/2020\/06\/30\/what-its-like-to-fly-during-coronavirus-pandemic-southwest-airlines\/3238197001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">get on a plane<\/a>\u00a0anytime soon. One person not debating is\u00a0<a data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/travel\/news\/2020\/06\/15\/coronavirus-fauci-says-uk-travel-restrictions-not-lifting-soon\/3189912001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Anthony Fauci<\/a>, who says he won&#8217;t be taking off during the <a data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/in-depth\/news\/2020\/03\/03\/coronavirus-map-tracking-spread-covid-19-outbreak-us-and-worldwide\/4906772002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coronavirus pandemic<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/travel\/cruises\/2020\/02\/17\/coronavirus-official-explains-diamond-princess-cruise-quarantine-fail\/4785290002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fauci<\/a>, the\u00a0director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, <a data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/anthony-fauci-tells-marketwatch-i-would-not-get-on-a-plane-or-eat-inside-a-restaurant-2020-07-24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told MarketWatch<\/a> that <a data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/travel\/2020\/06\/12\/coronavirus-risk-factor-common-travel-activities-flying-roadtrips-hotels\/5343466002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">taking a flight<\/a> is risky right now. And because he&#8217;s\u00a0in an older age bracket, he&#8217;s not willing to take the risk.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am in a risk category,&#8221; Fauci said. &#8220;I don\u2019t like to admit it, but I\u2019m 79 years old. I can\u2019t think of a reason to go trans-Atlantic. Right now, I\u2019m very sequestered. I\u2019m on a coronavirus task force. I go to the White House almost every day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fauci said he spends half his day in his office working to <a data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/in-depth\/news\/health\/2020\/07\/23\/covid-vaccine-race-early-success-fuels-cautious-optimism-panel-finds\/5480173002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">develop a vaccine<\/a> and drugs for COVID-19, which has now <a data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2020\/07\/23\/united-states-coronavirus-cases-deaths-timeline\/5485674002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">infected more than 4 million Americans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t fancy seeing myself getting infected, which is a risk when you\u2019re getting on a plane, particularly with the amount of infection that\u2019s going on right now,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Is it safe to fly?: <\/strong><a data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/in-depth\/travel\/airline-news\/2020\/06\/29\/safe-fly-now-how-stay-safe-flights-amid-covid-19\/3243308001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here&#8217;s how to mitigate risk when flying during the coronavirus pandemic<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Fauci also questioned the effectiveness of <a data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/travel\/airline-news\/2020\/06\/30\/feds-order-airline-passenger-temperature-checks-covid-surge\/3263696001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">temperature checks<\/a> before <a data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/travel\/2020\/06\/15\/coronavirus-travel-what-you-need-know-and-bring-along-stay-safe\/5346345002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">flights<\/a>, something airlines have been pushing the U.S. federal\u00a0government to start.\u00a0&#8220;I\u2019m not sure taking temperatures is all it\u2019s cracked up to be\u00a0because there are a lot of false negatives and false positives,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It\u2019s best to just question people: &#8216;Do you have any symptoms? Have you been near someone who is infected?&#8217;\u00a0The time spent asking a couple of simple questions is probably more effective than just taking temperatures, to be honest with you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Uh oh: <\/strong><a data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/travel\/airline-news\/2020\/07\/23\/southwest-american-cutting-flights-coronavirus-spike-weakens-demand\/3288195001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Airlines were finally starting to see passengers return. Then coronavirus cases spiked<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>5 flights in 4 weeks: <\/strong><a data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/travel\/airline-news\/2020\/06\/30\/what-its-like-to-fly-during-coronavirus-pandemic-southwest-airlines\/3238197001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What it&#8217;s really like to fly during the coronavirus pandemic<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><cta-atoms-container-inline><\/cta-atoms-container-inline><\/p>\n<h2>Should you fly amid COVID-19?<\/h2>\n<p><strong><\/strong>In spite of all the precautions now in place, Joseph Khabbaza, a pulmonary and critical care physician\u00a0at the Cleveland Clinic, said flying offers the most potential of\u00a0travel activities\u00a0for exposure to the coronavirus, because of the nature of how planes are configured.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>&#8220;Once you\u2019re in the cabin, you don\u2019t know who\u2019s on the plane,&#8221; he said.\u00a0&#8220;You\u2019re in relative closer proximity to people you don\u2019t know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Still, he said, flying is safer than it was earlier in the pandemic because of the changes airlines have made.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to spacing and sanitizing, he said face masks add an extra layer of protection from the virus. Most U.S. carriers now require passengers to wear them.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Airlines, airports, the Transportation Security Administration and others have touted intensive\u00a0new cleaning measures and safety protocols\u00a0including <a data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/picture-gallery\/travel\/airline-news\/2020\/05\/05\/coronavirus-these-airlines-require-passengers-wear-face-masks\/3085794001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mask requirements<\/a>, social distancing, plexiglass partitions at ticket and gate counters and other precautions in a bid to protect employees and\u00a0lure skittish vacation and business travelers back.<\/p>\n<p>But <a data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/travel\/airline-news\/2020\/07\/23\/southwest-american-cutting-flights-coronavirus-spike-weakens-demand\/3288195001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cases have spiked<\/a>, and\u00a0based on recent earnings reports, <a data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/travel\/airline-news\/2020\/07\/23\/southwest-american-cutting-flights-coronavirus-spike-weakens-demand\/3288195001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">airlines are still struggling<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>United\u00a0said Tuesday it will operate at barely over one-third of capacity through September as the\u00a0coronavirus throttles air travel.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><a data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/travel\/airline-news\/2020\/07\/22\/united-airlines-earnings-covid-19-passengers-must-wear-masks-airport\/5479777002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">United CEO Scott Kirby<\/a> said that demand has taken a step backward in July from where it was in mid-June, but it\u00a0now seems to have bottomed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We expect we&#8217;re kind of back to where we were in late May and that demand will start to gradually recover once again as we get through the rest of the year,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Executives from Southwest, American, Spirit and Alaska airlines also<a data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/travel\/airline-news\/2020\/07\/23\/southwest-american-cutting-flights-coronavirus-spike-weakens-demand\/3288195001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> detailed the sudden falloff<\/a> in already shrunken travel demand in a series of quarterly earnings conference calls Thursday, echoing recent reports from\u00a0United\u00a0and\u00a0Delta.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In short, the crisis continues,&#8221; American CEO Doug Parker said.\u00a0&#8220;This is less about people&#8217;s concern about flying and much more about having a reason to travel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Contributing: Curtis Tate and Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY; The Associated Press<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>&#8216;More likely months than weeks&#8217;: <\/strong><a data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/travel\/news\/2020\/06\/15\/coronavirus-fauci-says-uk-travel-restrictions-not-lifting-soon\/3189912001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fauci warns UK coronavirus travel restrictions won&#8217;t lift anytime soon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"article-body-p-last\"><span><strong>Blast from the past: <\/strong><a data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/travel\/cruises\/2020\/02\/17\/coronavirus-official-explains-diamond-princess-cruise-quarantine-fail\/4785290002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why did US break Diamond Princess coronavirus quarantine? 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