As usual there is nuance to this story which the incendiary popular media failed to capture, because it doesn't bait clicks. Early on the WHO's biggest concern

As usual there is nuance to this story which the incendiary popular media failed to capture, because it doesn't bait clicks. Early on the WHO's biggest concern was that panic buying would lead to mask shortages for health care workers. If you have to choose between an unmasked public and unmasked health care workers, having the public go without is definitely the better option. So IIRC around March they issued the guideline - if you feel sick, wear a mask, otherwise don't. And it made sense in context, because after masks worn by health care workers, the infected are the next most effective place to deploy masks in terms of protecting public health. Eventually mask supply increased because everybody started producing them. The WHO then changed its recommendation to "everyone should wear." So I don't really think the WHO did anything wrong here. But because of the one-sided way it was portrayed in the media, the negatives got amplified and we ended up with "WHO NWO EXPOSED MILLIONS DEAD!! BILL GATES EUTHANIZES AFRICA CONTINENT GLOBAL ELITES KILLING VACCINE PEDOPHILIA" all over YouTube. Again.