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> [2] https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1217043229427761152 https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1217043229427761152 Go back and actually read the full set of WHO state
by knzhou 6y ago
> [2] https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1217043229427761152 https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1217043229427761152
Go back and actually read the full set of WHO statements in mid-January. They have a bunch of statements saying that nations should get prepared, one saying that specific studies haven’t yet found hard evidence for person-to-person transmission (because at that point most of the cases they’d managed to find were tied to the market). The WHO never, ever said that it can’t be transmitted, and they absolutely never said that people should do nothing about COVID-19. They were urging nations to act for months before they actually did.
- BickNowstrom 6y ago> Wojcicki: "So people saying, ‘Take vitamin C, take turmeric, we’ll cure you,’ those are the examples of things that would be a violation of our policy > Who: Fact. There is no scientific evidence that lemon/turmeric prevents COVID-19. In general, however, WHO recommends consuming adequate fruit and vegetables as part of a healthy diet. > Potential Youtuber early January: There is news going around of a new SARS-like pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan on Chinese Social Media. SARS was very contagious, so if this is SARS we should be very worried of a pandemic, especially with our interconnected world. > WHO: Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus > WHO: Not a pandemic > WHO: China is transparent and setting new standard for outbreak control > WHO: Advice members not to ban travel from China