Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola
- During a June 8, 2020, press briefing, Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization’s technical lead for the COVID-19 pandemic, made it very clear that people who have COVID-19 without any symptoms “rarely” transmit the disease to others
- Van Kerkhove explained that in countries that are doing contact tracing, asymptomatic cases are being followed, and they’re not giving the disease to others
- June 9, 2020, Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO’s emergencies program, quickly backpedaled Van Kerkhove’s statement, saying the remarks were “misinterpreted or maybe we didn’t use the most elegant words to explain that”
- A preprint systematic review and meta-analysis found rates of transmission from asymptomatic cases ranged from zero to 2.2%, with asymptomatic spread being unlikely
- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the biggest funder of WHO, and Bill Gates has stated that life cannot return to normal until there is a vaccine against COVID-19