> [WHO] said COVID does not transmit from human to human.
Can you put that canard to rest? On January 14th (when virtually nothing was known about this yet), the WHO tweeted (my highlights):
> Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus
So, note:
a) this was very early days, and the understanding was in flux.
b) the WHO didn't itself claim anything about the virus and its transmission, but it reported on a study. The WHO doesn't conduct their own studies. The WHO reports and aggregates information from the member states. Here, these were investigation reports from the Chinese authorities, and that's what they said at the time.
c) these were preliminary studies, not a final conclusion.
d) the claim wasn't that there is no transmission, but that at the time no clear evidence for it had been found.
The tweet was maybe ill-advised, and it didn't age well, but it is by no means indicative of corruption.
That is not to say that the WHO doesn't have major problems. But this tweet is not one of them.
Saw the movie clue a couple months ago. It shocked me how bad WHO reputation was back then. 1985.
Professor Plum works for the WHO. —-
Miss Scarlet :
I hardly think it will enhance your reputation at the U.N. Professor Plum, if it's revealed that you have been implicated not only in adultery with one of your patients, but in her death and the deaths of five other people.
Professor Plum : You don't know what kind of people they have at the U.N., I might go up in their estimation.
Can you put that canard to rest? On January 14th (when virtually nothing was known about this yet), the WHO tweeted (my highlights):
> Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus
So, note:
a) this was very early days, and the understanding was in flux.
b) the WHO didn't itself claim anything about the virus and its transmission, but it reported on a study. The WHO doesn't conduct their own studies. The WHO reports and aggregates information from the member states. Here, these were investigation reports from the Chinese authorities, and that's what they said at the time.
c) these were preliminary studies, not a final conclusion.
d) the claim wasn't that there is no transmission, but that at the time no clear evidence for it had been found.
The tweet was maybe ill-advised, and it didn't age well, but it is by no means indicative of corruption.
That is not to say that the WHO doesn't have major problems. But this tweet is not one of them.