After grave missteps in the pandemic, the World Health Organization convened experts in virology, epidemiology, aerosol science and bioengineering to examine evidence on how airborne viruses and bacteria spread.
The World Health Organization has issued a report that transforms how the world understands respiratory infections like COVID-19, influenza, and measles. Motivated by grave missteps in the pandemic, the WHO convened about 50 experts in virology, epidemiology, aerosol science, and bioengineering, among other specialties, who spent two years poring over the evidence on how airborne viruses and bacteria spread.
The CDC has so far been reluctant to press for such measures, as it updates foundational guidelines on curbing airborne infections in hospitals, nursing homes, prisons and other facilities that provide health care. This year, a committee advising the CDC released a draft guidance that differs significantly from the WHO report. Whereas the WHO report doesn’t characterize airborne viruses and bacteria as traveling short distances or long, the CDC draft maintains those traditional categories.
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