When it comes to public health messaging, “consistency is critically important,” said Lisa Lee, an epidemiologist and public health expert at Virginia Tech. “Airports and airlines are mass gathering and mass dissemination events,” said Ali S. Khan, dean of the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and former director of the CDC’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response. Even so, federal transportation officials said they think the current process works. AD“With respect to public health, that’s the CDC, and of course, they have responsibilities for sectors of transportation,” Dickson said. “If you have rules in place you can stop the virus at the door,” she said.

Source: Washington Post June 28, 2020 00:00 UTC