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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00925-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00925-7 "Why the WHO took two years to say COVID is airborne Ear

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00925-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00925-7 "Why the WHO took two years to say COVID is airborne Early in the pandemic, the World Health Organization stated that SARS-CoV-2 was not transmitted through the air. That mistake and the prolonged process of correcting it sowed confusion and raises questions about what will happen in the next pandemic."

loeg 3y ago
> the World Health Organization stated that SARS-CoV-2 was not transmitted through the air. I mean, I don't believe the WHO actually stated that in those terms. This is probably a paraphrase of a more nuanced statement that erases the nuance.
- gowld 3y ago
  Unfortunately, you are incorrect, as a half-dozen comments in this thread have shared.
- GeekyBear 3y ago
  >In March, W.H.O. denied outright that Covid-19 was airborne, posting on social media, “FACT: #COVID19 is NOT airborne,” and calling it “misinformation.” We and our colleagues, scientists and engineers who have studied airborne particles for our entire careers, met with W.H.O. in April 2020 to express our concern that airborne transmission was important in the spread of COVID-19. W.H.O. vehemently rejected our suggestion and painted us as trespassers who did not understand what was happening in hospitals. https://time.com/6162065/covid-19-airborne-transmission-confusion/ https://time.com/6162065/covid-19-airborne-transmission-conf...
  - loeg 3y ago
    I think you and others in this thread are reading that tweet significantly out of context.
    - vxNsr 3y ago
      You don’t need to think too much, just go read the tweet. It’s pretty unequivocal. At that point the WHO was very adamantly against the idea that Covid could be airborne. That tweet thread is very strongly worded to emphasize that point.
    - pessimizer 3y ago
      I think you should make that case, rather than implying that a case could be made.
    - actuallyalys 3y ago
      Here's a fuller quotation of the WHO tweet: >FACT: #COVID19 is NOT airborne. >The #coronavirus is mainly transmitted through droplets generated when an infected person coughs, sneezes or speaks. The WHO was unequivocally stating that Covid was not airborne, apparently meaning that they (wrongly) thought it was not spread through aerosols. Instead, they were saying it was spread through droplets. So they were wrong about how it spreads, but did not go as far as saying it wasn't spread through respiratory routes/air at all, which I think might be some people's interpretation of "The WHO said it was not airborne."

loeg 3y ago

> the World Health Organization stated that SARS-CoV-2 was not transmitted through the air. I mean, I don't believe the WHO actually stated that in those terms. This is probably a paraphrase of a more nuanced statement that erases the nuance.

gowld 3y ago
Unfortunately, you are incorrect, as a half-dozen comments in this thread have shared.
GeekyBear 3y ago
>In March, W.H.O. denied outright that Covid-19 was airborne, posting on social media, “FACT: #COVID19 is NOT airborne,” and calling it “misinformation.” We and our colleagues, scientists and engineers who have studied airborne particles for our entire careers, met with W.H.O. in April 2020 to express our concern that airborne transmission was important in the spread of COVID-19. W.H.O. vehemently rejected our suggestion and painted us as trespassers who did not understand what was happening in hospitals. https://time.com/6162065/covid-19-airborne-transmission-confusion/ https://time.com/6162065/covid-19-airborne-transmission-conf...
- loeg 3y ago
  I think you and others in this thread are reading that tweet significantly out of context.
  - vxNsr 3y ago
    You don’t need to think too much, just go read the tweet. It’s pretty unequivocal. At that point the WHO was very adamantly against the idea that Covid could be airborne. That tweet thread is very strongly worded to emphasize that point.
  - pessimizer 3y ago
    I think you should make that case, rather than implying that a case could be made.
  - actuallyalys 3y ago
    Here's a fuller quotation of the WHO tweet: >FACT: #COVID19 is NOT airborne. >The #coronavirus is mainly transmitted through droplets generated when an infected person coughs, sneezes or speaks. The WHO was unequivocally stating that Covid was not airborne, apparently meaning that they (wrongly) thought it was not spread through aerosols. Instead, they were saying it was spread through droplets. So they were wrong about how it spreads, but did not go as far as saying it wasn't spread through respiratory routes/air at all, which I think might be some people's interpretation of "The WHO said it was not airborne."