The video making claims about Covid-19 being a hoax and touting the usual hydroxychloroquine ‘cure’ led to Dr Anthony Fauci going public on TV
The video making claims about Covid-19 being a hoax and touting the usual hydroxychloroquine ‘cure’ led to Dr Fauci going public on TVDr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the US. Picture: AFP/AL DRAGOTwitter said on Tuesday that it had withdrawn a video retweeted by US President Donald Trump in which doctors made allegedly false claims about the coronavirus pandemic, after Facebook took similar action.
The video, which shows a group of doctors claiming masks and lockdowns are not required to halt the disease, had been watched by 14-million people on Facebook before it was removed, according to The Washington Post. The latest moves escalate the battle between the White House and social media firms that Trump has accused of bias against conservatives, despite his own large following.On Monday, Trump’s eldest son had posted the video of doctors talking about the drug hydroxychloroquine that his father retweeted.
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