An infamous WHO tweet claiming there was 'no clear evidence' that the coronavirus could spread between humans was posted to appease China, report says
The message has been cited in dozens of articles dissecting the WHO's early response to the pandemic, and is widely quoted on social media as an unusually clear example of advice that is unambiguously wrong in hindsight.
, it was internal WHO discomfort with these warnings that prompted the "no clear transmission" tweet."[The tweet] was issued on the same day the WHO's technical lead on Covid-19, Maria Van Kerkhove gave a press briefing in Geneva warning of precisely the opposite — the potential for rapid spread. The article goes on to note that the tweet "does not appear to have been part of a deliberate strategy" to appease China.Emily Ruahala of The Washington Post this week reported comments
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