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Before WHO was saying there's no human to human transmission and masks don't help. So anyone who created a video opposing that would get their video taken down.

Before WHO was saying there's no human to human transmission and masks don't help. So anyone who created a video opposing that would get their video taken down. Later, WHO started claiming the exact opposite. Now anyone who created a video previously will also get taken down. How exactly do you propose deciding what's misinformation and what's not?

runawaybottle 7y ago
We should also point out that the WHO is once removed from a state body. Youtube could have easily adopted CDC guidelines as their measuring stick, in which case Youtube would be censored by the United States government. Then the question becomes, hows does the government decide what is and what isn’t misinformation? The overwhelming answer should be ‘government shouldn’t be determining that’. We have to be careful with this kind of stuff.
knzhou 7y ago
> WHO was saying there's no human to human transmission This is one of those completely false things that people only believe is true by repetition. 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.
- lonelappde 7y ago
  Weekly reminder that WHO still opposes restrictions on international travel, and hasn't updated its advice since March 11. https://www.who.int/news-room/articles-detail/updated-who-recommendations-for-international-traffic-in-relation-to-covid-19-outbreak https://www.who.int/news-room/articles-detail/updated-who-re...
  - knzhou 7y ago
    That's not them bowing to China or "covering it up", that's just a statement of their principles. The W stands for World.
- OniBait 7y ago
  "At this stage, there is no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission in the novel #coronavirus (2019-nC0V) outbreak in #Wuhan, #ChinaFlag of China. However, the Chinese authorities continue intensive surveillance and follow-up measures, including environmental investigations." https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1216397232427147264 https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1216397232427147264 "Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in #Wuhan, #China🇨🇳." https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1217043229427761152 https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1217043229427761152 "WHO advises against the application of any travel or trade restrictions on China based on the information currently available on this event." https://www.who.int/csr/don/12-january-2020-novel-coronavirus-china/en/ https://www.who.int/csr/don/12-january-2020-novel-coronaviru... "The Committee does not recommend any travel or trade restriction based on the current information available. Countries must inform WHO about travel measures taken, as required by the IHR. Countries are cautioned against actions that promote stigma or discrimination, in line with the principles of Article 3 of the IHR." https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/30-01-2020-statement-on-the-second-meeting-of-the-international-health-regulations-(2005)-emergency-committee-regarding-the-outbreak-of-novel-coronavirus-(2019-ncov) https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/30-01-2020-statement-on...

runawaybottle 7y ago

We should also point out that the WHO is once removed from a state body. Youtube could have easily adopted CDC guidelines as their measuring stick, in which case Youtube would be censored by the United States government. Then the question becomes, hows does the government decide what is and what isn’t misinformation? The overwhelming answer should be ‘government shouldn’t be determining that’. We have to be careful with this kind of stuff.

knzhou 7y ago

> WHO was saying there's no human to human transmission This is one of those completely false things that people only believe is true by repetition. 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.

lonelappde 7y ago
Weekly reminder that WHO still opposes restrictions on international travel, and hasn't updated its advice since March 11. https://www.who.int/news-room/articles-detail/updated-who-recommendations-for-international-traffic-in-relation-to-covid-19-outbreak https://www.who.int/news-room/articles-detail/updated-who-re...
- knzhou 7y ago
  That's not them bowing to China or "covering it up", that's just a statement of their principles. The W stands for World.
OniBait 7y ago
"At this stage, there is no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission in the novel #coronavirus (2019-nC0V) outbreak in #Wuhan, #ChinaFlag of China. However, the Chinese authorities continue intensive surveillance and follow-up measures, including environmental investigations." https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1216397232427147264 https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1216397232427147264 "Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in #Wuhan, #China🇨🇳." https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1217043229427761152 https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1217043229427761152 "WHO advises against the application of any travel or trade restrictions on China based on the information currently available on this event." https://www.who.int/csr/don/12-january-2020-novel-coronavirus-china/en/ https://www.who.int/csr/don/12-january-2020-novel-coronaviru... "The Committee does not recommend any travel or trade restriction based on the current information available. Countries must inform WHO about travel measures taken, as required by the IHR. Countries are cautioned against actions that promote stigma or discrimination, in line with the principles of Article 3 of the IHR." https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/30-01-2020-statement-on-the-second-meeting-of-the-international-health-regulations-(2005)-emergency-committee-regarding-the-outbreak-of-novel-coronavirus-(2019-ncov) https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/30-01-2020-statement-on...