suggesting asymptomatic patients account for 40 to 45 per cent of COVID-19 cases, and they have similar viral loads to symptomatic ones. And the statement was hard to reconcile with the WHO’s updated guidelines on masks, released just days earlier, which advised everyone – not just those with symptoms – to start wearing cloth masks in regions where COVID-19 is spreading and where it is difficult to maintain physical distance.
Yet it is a little alarming, three months into a global pandemic, that a WHO spokesperson doesn’t yet appreciate that every sentence uttered by the organization’s experts matters, especially since communication is one of the primary functions of the WHO.
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