Re:The Explosive Legacy of the Pandemic Hand Sanitizer Boom
by actuallyalys on Friday June 02, 2023 @02:44PM
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Here's a fuller quotation of the WHO tweet:
>FACT: #COVID19 is NOT airborne.
>The #coronavirus is mainly transmitted through droplets generated when an infected person coughs, sneezes or speaks.
The WHO was unequivocally stating that Covid was not airborne, apparently meaning that they (wrongly) thought it was not spread through aerosols. Instead, they were saying it was spread through droplets. So they were wrong about how it spreads, but did not go as far as saying it wasn't spread through respiratory routes/air at all, which I think might be some people's interpretation of "The WHO said it was not airborne."
>FACT: #COVID19 is NOT airborne.
>The #coronavirus is mainly transmitted through droplets generated when an infected person coughs, sneezes or speaks.
The WHO was unequivocally stating that Covid was not airborne, apparently meaning that they (wrongly) thought it was not spread through aerosols. Instead, they were saying it was spread through droplets. So they were wrong about how it spreads, but did not go as far as saying it wasn't spread through respiratory routes/air at all, which I think might be some people's interpretation of "The WHO said it was not airborne."