The CDC has made a somersault again in its pandemic guidelines and this time they have taken the airborne transmission guideline within 2 days of silently making it public, shows a Reuters report.
THE U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC) ON MONDAY TOOK DOWN ITS GUIDANCE WARNING ON POSSIBLE AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION OF THE Novel CoronaVIRUS, SAYING THAT THE DRAFT RECOMMENDATION WAS POSTED IN ERROR.
New Update Coming Soon
“CDC IS CURRENTLY UPDATING ITS RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION OF SARS-COV-2. ONCE THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN COMPLETED, THE UPDATE LANGUAGE WILL BE POSTED,” THE AGENCY SAID.
Earlier this month, U.S. President Donald Trump took exception to comments from the CDC director, who said masks might be even more effective than a vaccine for the novel coronavirus that could be broadly rolled out in mid-2021.
That followed a New York Times report that guidance about novel coronavirus testing posted last month on the CDC’s website was not written by the agency’s scientists and was posted over their objections.
No Change in WHO Policy
The World Health Organization has not changed its policy on the aerosol transmission of the coronavirus, it said on Monday.
THE AGENCY STILL BELIEVES COVId19 IS PRIMARILY SPREAD THROUGH DROPLETS, BUT THAT IN ENCLOSED CROWDED SPACES WITH INADEQUATE VENTILATION, AEROSOL TRANSMISSION CAN OCCUR, SAID MIKE RYAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE WHO’S EMERGENCY PROGRAM.
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Source: Reuters
