2) “I think the WHO is being irresponsible in giving out [that virus doesn't seem capable of spreading through air over distance >3 feet]. This misinformation is dangerous," says Dr. Donald Milton, infectious dis aerobiologist @UMDPublicHealth. #COVID19.https://www.npr.org/2020/03/28/823292062/who-reviews-available-evidence-on-coronavirus-transmission-through-air …
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3) “Based on that, the agency recommends "airborne precautions" when medical workers do those procedures.” "I don't think they know, and I think they are talking out of their hats," Milton says.
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4) “people like to think that there's some sharp, black-and-white distinction between "airborne" viruses that can linger and float in the air and ones that spread only embedded in larger droplets through close contact, but the reality of transmission is far more nuanced.
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5) When epidemiologists are working in the field, trying to understand an outbreak of an unknown pathogen, it's not possible for them to know exactly what's going on as a pathogen is spread from person to person, Milton says.
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6) "The epidemiologists say if it's 'close contact,' then it's not airborne. That's baloney," Milton says. "Epidemiologists cannot tell the difference between droplet transmission and short-range aerosol transmission."
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7) BOTTOM LINE: Thus if we don’t know, then
@WHO should not boldly declare it is not airborne. Or in very least, get its messaging and science for certain first. This is causing lots grief & endangering HCWs by saying not airborne when unsure.#COVID19. Again, Tedros on airborne:pic.twitter.com/CIQinYsctFShow this thread - End of conversation
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The WHO has reduced its credibility to ashes
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They could have been telling everyone for over a month to start making their own masks. The whole country would be masked up already.
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WHO can’t seem to get its own airborne info straight: