A leading scientist has called out Air New Zealand for encouraging passengers to remove masks by serving food and drink on short flights. However, the airline says it discussed the issue with health officials recently, and they were supportive of food and drink being served. Until that happened, he said it was understandable if there was uncertainty by both organisations like Air NZ and individuals about what the best approach is. — Dr Siouxsie Wiles (@SiouxsieW) February 5, 2021Wiles also took issue with an Air NZ employee's link to a new research paper "by the Plan B boys", which advocates for a loosening of border restrictions. Wiles followed up her initial social media post by tweeting an apology to Air NZ, for mistakenly stating the airline partly funded the research.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 05, 2021 20:48 UTC