Editing David Neeleman (section)

===COVID-19 controversy===
Neeleman was a critic of [[COVID-19 lockdowns]]. In 2020, he funded a study by [[John Ioannidis]] to estimate the prevalence of [[SARS-CoV-2]] in [[Santa Clara County, California]]. Ioannidis, a physician and Stanford University professor, was also a prominent opponent of lockdowns during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. Ioannidis did not initially disclose his funding from Neeleman, thus creating a potential [[conflict of interest]].{{why?|date=August 2024}}<ref name="Lee">{{cite web|last1=Lee|first1=Stephanie|title=JetBlue's Founder Helped Fund A Stanford Study That Said The Coronavirus Wasn't That Deadly|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemlee/stanford-coronavirus-neeleman-ioannidis-whistleblower|access-date=May 30, 2020|website=Buzzfeed|date=15 May 2020 |archive-date=May 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529144350/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemlee/stanford-coronavirus-neeleman-ioannidis-whistleblower|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Landsverk">{{cite web|last1=Landsverk|first1=Gabby|title=A controversial study on coronavirus was partly funded by an airline founder who's criticized lockdowns, according to a new investigation from BuzzFeed News|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/buzzfeed-stanford-coronavirus-study-funded-by-jetblue-founder-2020-5|access-date=May 30, 2020|website=Business Insider|archive-date=May 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530205724/https://www.businessinsider.com/buzzfeed-stanford-coronavirus-study-funded-by-jetblue-founder-2020-5|url-status=live}}</ref>