You Can't Make This S**t Up! The Far Right #DiedSuddendly!

Misinformation rampant on Twitter.

Far right noise has increased on Twitter. Elon Musk has suppressed prominent critics and banned even the troll who created an account that tracks his private jet flights. He is claiming to be a "free speech absolutist." He has released the #TwitterFiles and has endangered former employees lives. Also, he has gotten Bari Weiss and Matt Taibbi to promote literal misinformation online on behalf of him.

Without the Twitter Safety and Accountability board, the misinformation skyrocketed and now I am seeing on this platform the hashtag #diedsuddendly. On top of that, there is the state of Florida's governor suing the state's health board to stop distributing the COVID-19 vaccine shots.

So now Twitter exploded with more coronavirus denialism and anti-vaxxers.

Over 1.1 million people have died from the coronavirus. People are still being hospitalized for the coronavirus. People are still getting it. Though the death count has dropped from 1,300 a day to at least 240 a day, the deaths are increasing again.

For those who do not want the vaccine, that is clearly up to them. 

Public health experts on the platform have expressed concerns that the change could discourage vaccinations.

"Bad news," tweeted epidemiologist Eric Feigl-Ding, who urged other users to stay on the platform in order to counter misinformation. "Stay folks — do NOT cede the town square to them!" Feigl-Ding, a Harvard trained scientist, has more than 700,000 followers on Twittter but some researchers have criticized his tweets as "unnecessarily alarmist," Fast Company reported.

The social media platform's policy was put into place in December 2020 in response to misinformation regarding the COVID-19 vaccine. It was quietly discontinued on November 23 with an update including a one-sentence message to users. The change comes after Twitter was purchased by Elon Musk.

While the increase in misinformation may also be due to the release of the anti-vax documentary Died Suddenly, posts regarding the documentary would likely have otherwise been blocked if it wasn’t for Musk’s change in policy.