While we have all suffered through this horrific pandemic, many of us worry especially about its effect on public schools. We want our schools to be open, but we are
- January 25, 2021, 8:50 AM
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has mandated that all air passengers entering the country starting tomorrow supply recent negative Covid-19 test results, and NATA held a webinar late last week with MedAire staff to discuss the effects of this rule on private aviation.
Noting the recent grim milestone of more than two million deaths worldwide as a result of the virus, including more than 400,000 in the U.S., Dr. Paulo Alves, MedAire’s global medical director for aviation health, assessed the situation starkly. “The reality is the pandemic is beyond control at this point,” he said, stressing the need for aircraft operators to take mandates seriously. Though some may argue that Covid is proving fatal to only a small portion of those who get the virus, Alves pointed out that with such huge numbers of people infected, even a small percentage is a big number, and the situation from both a health and regulatory perspecti