Experts share what you need to know about traveling during the coronavirus outbreak

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4.8 • 889 Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, experts share what you need to know right now about traveling during the coronavirus outbreak. First, Dr. Hanh Le, the head of Healthline Media Medical Affairs, discusses the origins and concerns around the rapid and global spread of the virus, and how the medical world has responded to this global emergency. She shares sound tips you can use today to protect yourself, like how to keep your airplane seat clean and explains why health officials, like herself, are skeptical of surgical mask efficacy. After the break, Ben Mutzabaugh, TPG's senior aviation editor, shares his insights into airline suspensions, cancellation waivers and what to do if you're planning to fly in the next eight weeks. Mutzabaugh also offers his opinion on whether the airline cancellations could pose economic threats to low-cost carriers if these cancellations continue.

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0:31.0	Welcome to this episode of Talking Points.
0:35.0	I'm your host Brian Kelly and today we were talking about a serious issue
0:40.0	that we've all seen in the news.
0:42.0	The Wuhan coronavirus has wreaked havoc on travel
0:45.8	across the globe and is an impending health care crisis. To cut through all of the information we have two awesome guests today.
0:56.0	We got Dr. Lee from Healthline Media.
0:59.0	Healthline is a sister site of the Point Sky under our parent company Red Ventures and they seek to give the best information to consumers on their health and doing it in an empathetic and informative way.
1:12.4	So we are so fortunate to have her and we'll end the
1:15.3	episode with our very own Ben Mutzabah who's our senior aviation editor at
1:19.7	the points guy and we're going to talk about how this directly impacts travelers in a travel industry.
1:25.0	More on the Wuhan coronavirus right after this.
1:29.0	Today we're going to talk all things Wuhan coronavirus with our very own Dr. Han Lee who's the senior director of medical affairs at our sister site health line.
1:43.4	Dr Lee, thank you so much for joining us today.
1:45.6	Oh, I'm so happy to be here.
1:47.2	A lot of things have been happening day by day.
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