Andy Slavitt  🇺🇸 💉Verified account

Now my own 2 cents which are worth a lot less than people like @VincentRK who was one of a number of experts I consulted but here goes anyway....

1. We still know very very little about the virus. We are 6 months in and still learning things. 2. Some of the things we believe will turn out to be false and some things we don’t think are true will be. That’s frustrating for many but we are in the MIDDLE of the process.

Here is a telling tweet from @thehowie on the understanding of AIDS in 1983, suggesting possible genetic reasons certain people get infected. https://twitter.com/thehowie/status/1268654296385683456?s=21 …https://twitter.com/thehowie/status/1268654296385683456 …

3. I’m inclined to believe the WHO means well but something may have gotten lost in translation. That they are seeing lighter symptoms more often but public health by Twitter and press release is a bad habit.

4. I think if your data is thin or not public or contradicted by lots of studies, making definitive statements is a mistake. 5. There are many capable of critiquing WHOs menthols (@CT_Bergstrom @DrEricDing). I don’t have the expertise but they do.

6. It is possible the US media who covered this is to blame. I think after connecting w the WHO that it is being played out here in ways they di not intend. They don’t sound as definitive as the clickbait headlines.

7. I think this has done damage. Too many people have pre-existing narratives things like this uncritically pre-populate. 8. I believe that even if this ends up being true for asymptomatic but not presymptomatic people, um, how you going to tell the difference.