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Leaving the middle seats unoccupied in the main cabin of an airliner could cut nearly in half the risk of contracting COVID-19 during a flight, acording to a study that cautions that the conclusion is based on a “rough approximation of the risks … with an emphasis on the word ‘rough.’”1