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THOU SHALT NOT CONTRADICT THE NARRATIVE: Twitter removes tweet from top Trump Covid adviser saying m?

By Stephen Green

THOU SHALT NOT CONTRADICT THE NARRATIVE: Twitter removes tweet from top Trump Covid adviser saying masks don’t work.

Twitter on Sunday removed a tweet from one of President Donald Trump’s top Covid-19 advisers falsely claiming masks don’t work to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

The tweet no longer appeared on the site as of Sunday morning, replaced with a note saying “This Tweet is no longer available” and a link to Twitter’s rules and policies explaining why the company removes or limits certain posts.

The tweet in question, posted on Saturday by Dr. Scott Atlas, read, “Masks work? NO: LA, Miami, Hawaii, Alabama, France, Phlippnes, UK, Spain, Israel. WHO:”widesprd use not supported” + many harms; Heneghan/Oxf CEBM:”despite decades, considerble uncertainty re value”; CDC rvw May:”no sig red’n in inflnz transm’n”; learn why.”

In a followup tweet posted later Saturday, Atlas wrote: “That means the right policy is @realDonaldTrump guideline: use masks for their intended purpose ? when close to others, especially hi risk. Otherwise, social distance. No widespread mandates.”

Now Twitter is deciding what the facts are.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on October 19, 2020 (boomark / email).