Why the WHO took two years to say COVID is airborne

Early in the pandemic, the World Health Organization stated that SARS-CoV-2 was not transmitted through the air. That mistake and the prolonged process of correcting it sowed confusion and raises questions about what will happen in the next pandemic. Early in the pandemic, the World Health Organizat...

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Published in:Nature (London) 2022-04, Vol.604 (7904), p.26-31
Main Author: Lewis, Dyani
Format: Article
Language:English
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Aerosols
Airborne sensing
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Disease transmission
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
multidisciplinary
News Feature
Pandemics
SARS-CoV-2
Science
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Ventilation
Viral diseases
Viruses
World Health Organization
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Summary:Early in the pandemic, the World Health Organization stated that SARS-CoV-2 was not transmitted through the air. That mistake and the prolonged process of correcting it sowed confusion and raises questions about what will happen in the next pandemic. Early in the pandemic, the World Health Organization stated that SARS-CoV-2 was not transmitted through the air. That mistake and the prolonged process of correcting it sowed confusion and raises questions about what will happen in the next pandemic.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/d41586-022-00925-7