[yorwba]

They do not recommend wearing a mask, which is different from recommending not to wear a mask.

Edit: Here's the WHO's stance on wearing masks: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2...

[scarlac]

This is an unfortunate side effect of how it's worded in many English articles. And like a game of telephone, the precision is lost in communication in social settings/media and people are telling each other to not wear masks (at least that's what I'm seeing)

[billfruit]

Thanks for clarifying, I had wrote it wrongly.