We require all Employees and Passengers ages 2 and above to wear a properly fitted face covering when traveling with us. And here’s why. THREAD (1/5)

A recent study from Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health concluded that wearing face masks as part of a multi-layered approach offers “significant protection from acquiring COVID-19 through air travel”: https://cdn1.sph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2443/2020/09/Face-Mask-Use-in-Air-Travel.pdf (2/5)

In fact, a recent modeling study suggests that the universal use of surgical masks in the setting of ventilation rates of airplanes may reduce infection risk from respiratory particles to less than 1%: https://cdn1.sph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2443/2020/09/Face-Mask-Use-in-Air-Travel.pdf (3/5)

But, it’s not just in regard to air travel that research shows masks are an effective way to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Experts continue to agree that mask use is one of the most powerful tools we have as a society to support public health. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/diy-cloth-face-coverings.html (4/5)

Let’s all do our part to keep each other safe. #WearAMask (5/5)