Reason reported the WHO posted and deleted a tweet Saturday claiming there's "No evidence" that people with coronavirus antibodies who have already recovered are immune from the virus.
The tweet accompanied a scientific brief published Friday on so-called "Immunity passports" that weighed whether governments should allow citizens who have recovered from the coronavirus - and have antibodies - to travel and return to work.
"There is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from #COVID19 and have antibodies are protected from a second infection," the WHO's deleted tweet, which was a pull quote from the brief, read. The misleading tweet initiated a flurry of gloomy news reports.
"But the average person is going to read it as 'there's no immunity to coronavirus,' which is likely false and not a good summation of the evidence."
Reason's Robby Soave also summed up the issue well, pointing out that "The tweet version of the brief was missing important context."
"There's no evidence of immunity. But that's because COVID-19 is new and the matter hasn't been conclusively studied yet. Scientists have good reason to expect COVID-19 survivors to have some immunity to the virus, though they're unsure how strong it will be or how long it will last," he wrote.
The WHO ended up deleting the irresponsible tweet and issued a clarification.
https://www.westernjournal.com/backpedals-deletes-tweet-no-covid-immunity/
The tweet accompanied a scientific brief published Friday on so-called "Immunity passports" that weighed whether governments should allow citizens who have recovered from the coronavirus - and have antibodies - to travel and return to work.
"There is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from #COVID19 and have antibodies are protected from a second infection," the WHO's deleted tweet, which was a pull quote from the brief, read. The misleading tweet initiated a flurry of gloomy news reports.
"But the average person is going to read it as 'there's no immunity to coronavirus,' which is likely false and not a good summation of the evidence."
Reason's Robby Soave also summed up the issue well, pointing out that "The tweet version of the brief was missing important context."
"There's no evidence of immunity. But that's because COVID-19 is new and the matter hasn't been conclusively studied yet. Scientists have good reason to expect COVID-19 survivors to have some immunity to the virus, though they're unsure how strong it will be or how long it will last," he wrote.
The WHO ended up deleting the irresponsible tweet and issued a clarification.
https://www.westernjournal.com/backpedals-deletes-tweet-no-covid-immunity/
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