YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly contradicts WHO advice

Re:YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly co... by ketzu on Thursday April 23, 2020 @07:00PM (#22962585)

"Only" qualifies "need". "you only need to wear a seat belt on public roads" and "you should wear a seat belt on private roads" are not contradictions.

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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly co... by yellowapple on Friday April 24, 2020 @04:48AM (#22965937)

You're confusing a declarative v. an imperative statement. What you propose is a declarative, and you're correct that it ain't contradictory.

The WHO's messaging, however, is imperative¹ (emphasis theirs):

"For healthy people wear a mask only if you are taking care of a person with suspected 2019-nCov infection"

This makes it clear that it directly contradicts the more widely-accepted similarly-imperative advice of "wear a mask in public, no matter what".

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¹: https://www.who.int/images/default-source/health-topics/coro...

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