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"At present, there is no direct evidence on the effectiveness of universal masking of healthy people in the community to prevent infection with respiratory viruses, including COVID-19." - World Heatlh Organizarion, June 2020

~source: apps.who.int/iris/bitstream…

"At the present time, the widespread use of masks by healthy people in the community setting is not yet supported by high quality or direct scientific evidence and there are potential benefits and harms to consider." - World Heatlh Organizarion, June 2020

(same source)

Potential harms/disadvantages of mask wearing by healthy people in the general public, according to the World Health Organization 👇

Where the general public should be encouraged to use masks, according to the World Health Organization 👇

No, The World Health Organization did not later correct this. The above represents its current stance

https://twitter.com/SamuelShadrach4/status/1317873854568542208?s=20

Here's the same information condensed in a short 90 second video, presented by the World Heatlh Organization

Finally, here's the CDC saying the same in May 2020.

~source: wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26…