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by neoflame 1116 days ago
Citation 3 of the linked paper is https://twitter.com/who/status/1243972193169616898. I don't see how a tweet by the WHO beginning with "FACT: #COVID19 is NOT airborne" can be construed as anything but a denial that COVID-19 is airborne.
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They were referencing this

>the medical establishment's position that airborne transmission couldn't be real because it reminded everyone too much of miasma theory

In the post they were responding to

WHO is a political organization, not medical establishment. Chinese Communist Party has veto power over WHO's statements.