Please explain to me why middle seats are ok to be filled on planes (12+ hr flights, no less!) but schools, shuls and businesses need to close. Same goes for why Corona Queens gets to remain open even though their #s per 100k are much higher???
Because of the air filtration in planes, spread is far less. The only spread is directly from person to person in close proximity. When both are wearing masks, the spread on planes gets to virtually 0.
Shuls, otoh, do not have that level of filtration and the droplets can be spread to people even not within 6 feet. Add to that the sporadic, at best, mask wearing in most Brooklyn Shuls and they are super spreading disaster zones.
Schools is a whole nother story.
The data you're looking at for Corona is likely overall since the start of the outbreak in March. What are the current numbers?