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The White House adviser on the Corona virus, Scott Atlas, questioned the effectiveness of the masks to combat Covid-19, during a tweet he published, which was deleted by Twitter, according to the US newspaper “The Hill.”
Atlas, who recently joined the White House Coronavirus Task Force, wrote on Twitter: “Are masks effective? No. “This tweet was preceded by many other questions questioning the use of face coverings in general to prevent the spread of the Corona virus.
Atlas cited examples of cities and countries that it said had seen a massive increase in cases, including Los Angeles, Miami, Hawaii, Alabama, France, the Philippines, the United Kingdom, Spain and Israel.
The White House Corona virus adviser was not satisfied with that, but added to his tweet, saying: “This means that correct policy is the guiding principle President Donald Trump spoke of: wear masks for their intended purpose, when be close to others … In other cases, it is due to social distancing. Nothing else. “
In a statement to “The Hill” newspaper, Twitter explained that the doctor’s tweet “violates the disinformation policy on COVID-19 which prohibits sharing false or misleading content related to the disease, which may result in harm.”
The incident is the latest in a series of steps Twitter has taken to remove or report tweets written by people in the Trump administration, including the president himself, which Twitter says are misleading or false. These tweets relate to the Corona pandemic, the upcoming presidential elections, and anti-racism demonstrations in the United States.
And last week, Twitter intervened on a tweet from the US president, saying he was “immune” to the emerging corona virus he had contracted and then resuming activity after doctors confirmed that he had become “non-contagious.” .
Trump wrote in the tweet that, with the assurances of his doctors about his health, “he will not contract the infection” and added: “I have immunity. I will not pass it on to anyone.”
In this tweet, an attached message appeared warning that Trump’s post “violates” the site’s policy on “spreading misleading and possibly harmful information” about Covid-19 disease, and stating that the tweet has not been removed because “it may be of interest to the public to remain available. “
Twitter was heavily criticized by the American right, and observers were not satisfied with the social network’s decision to ban a controversial article published by the conservative New York Post.
The article claims to expose corrupt deals that linked Democratic White House candidate Joe Biden to a Ukrainian gas company operated by Hunter Biden, the former vice president’s son. Twitter eventually reversed its decision.
