1/ Public admission by @mvankerkhove of #WHO that COVID transmission "goes through the air" is a *huge* turn-around from strong, incorrect statements to the contrary.
Strikes me as significant, even if subtle & played off as "we knew all along."
Full vid
Strikes me as significant, even if subtle & played off as "we knew all along."
Full vid
https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1356999678655488002
https://twitter.com/DRTomlinsonEP/status/1357029081024516097
2/ Earlier messages #WHO put out were blatantly wrong & dangerous ⬇️.
Many scientists globally have been working tirelessly to pressure @WHO to retract dangerously misleading statements like this & adequately educate that #COVIDisAirborne.
Many scientists globally have been working tirelessly to pressure @WHO to retract dangerously misleading statements like this & adequately educate that #COVIDisAirborne.
https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1243972193169616898
3/ Again, messaging efforts by WHO are critical b/c of their exposure & reach. By openly saying COVID isn't in the air & having press conferences w/o masks, have been undermining efforts to #MaskUp & prevent spread.
Baby steps today, still work to do!
Baby steps today, still work to do!
https://twitter.com/HuffmanLabDU/status/1353846151494045697
Should have also added the videos 👆 HT @Iamgoingtosleep & via @COVIDisAirborne group who have been working tirelessly for the benefit of global public health to educate on the airborne, aerosol spread of COVID and to increase awareness of proper preventative measures.
5/ And still much work to do. I’m not sure they really believe the sentences she uttered. For example, they are still sitting in a room, unmasked. If #WHO wanted to cast a good example they would retract misstatements & be clear.
This is about public health, lives, livelihoods.
This is about public health, lives, livelihoods.
6/ One reason much work still to do in convincing #WHO to take airborne COVID transmission seriously is that it is easier to give passing lip-service that it "goes through the air" than to act seriously on that knowledge.
Similar statements before, e.g.:
Similar statements before, e.g.:
https://twitter.com/JOHNJOHNSTONED/status/1339864751677923328
7/ And @DrTedros famously said in Feb. 2020 of SARS-CoV-2: "This is airborne. Corona is airborne. It's more contagious." (38:34)
We've seen #WHO slowly wobble toward understanding of what this means. Still a long way to go toward clear, coherent messages.
We've seen #WHO slowly wobble toward understanding of what this means. Still a long way to go toward clear, coherent messages.
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