@dfwskier FYI Your math is both correct and yet, still wrong, because it uses the wrong numbers by including all of the ongoing unresolved cases in the mortality calculation. When you just look at resolved cases (people who either recovered or didn't) the mortality rate is currently 3.8% in the U.S. (it was 4% a month or so ago). You are fortunate that your decision to gamble with your life by flying 12 times during the pandemic hasn't apparently harmed you. A study just came out about a flight to Ireland this summer (obviously not Southwest) that was only 17% full with 49 passengers spread throughout the cabin. It departed with no known cases of COVID-19 and arrived with 13 cases, including passengers who were masked. The 13 who became infected ranged in age from 1 to 65. The infected people who arrived were spread all through the cabin, front to back and on both sides. They then spread the infection to another known 46 people upon landing. Another study in the UK was just released that included 84,000 people who were infected with COVID-19, but recovered. It found extensive ongoing cognitive impairment, lowered IQ, and brains that had prematurely aged as if they were ten years older than they actually are. If you are comfortable continuing to take that gamble, that is your decision and I am not seeking to deprive you of that. I do take issue with Southwest's decision to seize people's travel funds during a pandemic when it is unsafe to use those funds.
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