That's just statistics on Air Travel. I am sure people travel through Airports and on Airplanes and contract a Virus. I've flown for the last twelve years to Chicago to OHare Airport. ORD is one of the busiest Airports lots and lots of people my flights have always been about two three hours. Once in Chicago I usually catch a Bus to my final destination. I've never returned home ill from a Flu or Cold. But if I would have it could be from the Airport, the plane, the Bus or any other source during my stay. Or I could have been in a gestation period before I even started my trip. My point is it's rather difficult to pinpoint exactly where a person contracted a viral infection. It might be convenient to make an assumption a viral infection originated at an Airport or in a Plane but that's just a guess. Everyone is different in many ways, some people have phenomenal resistance to Cold and Flu Viruses. There are just too many variables of why some people get sick and others don't.
Originally Posted by Levianon17
I get your point, it would be hard to pin specific COVID cases on the airlines if they removed mask mandates. But something like that didn't stop the lawyers from putting Dow Corning into bankruptcy for false claims about silicone breast implants. Or suing private plane manufacturing in the USA out of existence for a while because of crashes that mostly occurred for reasons out of the control of the manufacturers.
You may be right, I don't know.