• US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci has faced a lot of criticism due to his strict COVID measures policies including mandatory masks, social distancing, isolation
Twitter CEO Elon Musk said on January 2 that he would release the Twitter files of Dr. Anthony Fauci, America's top infectious disease expert, later this week.
"Hope you have a great first day of 2023!" "One thing's for sure, it won't be boring," Musk tweeted on New Year's Day.
Juanita Broaddrick who accused former US President Bill Clinton of rape in 1978 commented on her tweet saying, ""Waiting... for the #FauciFiles. In response to that, Musk replied, "Later this week."
later this week
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 1, 2023
Musk has released a number of shocking internal Twitter conversations -- which he has dubbed the "Twitter Files" -- claiming the information reveals the platform's past efforts to suppress free speech, particularly from conservative voices.
In the latest series of Twitter files, Musk has claimed that the US government agency "sought" the suspension of 250,000 accounts, including those of journalists and Canadian officials.
Earlier in December, Musk made a taunt using gender pronouns in a tweet and used it to criticize Anthony Fauci, calling for him to be prosecuted. In a tweet, he wrote, "My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci."
US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci has faced a lot of criticism due to his strict COVID measures policies which include mandatory masks, social distancing, isolation etc. He came into the limelight after he took the front seat of COVID management in the United States. , However, he has also faced death threats for doing his job during the pandemic, Reuters reported
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre also called Musk's public condemnation of the top US health official "dangerous" and "disgusting".
"They are disgusting, and they are divorced from reality, and we will continue to do that and be very clear about it," Jean-Pierre said. He also praised Fauci's handling of public health crises, including the coronavirus pandemic.
The veteran immunologist has served as an advisor to seven US presidents beginning with Republican Ronald Reagan and has more than 50 years of public service.
But it was his handling of COVID — and his blunt assessment from a White House podium that Americans needed to change their behavior in light of the pandemic — that made him a public figure while serving under former President Donald Trump, a villain. Made a hero for health advocates. An unusual figure toiled in obscurity among some on the right and among bureaucratic officials.
The United States leads the world in recorded COVID-19 deaths with more than one million. Fauci had said that he had faced death threats. He faced criticism from Trump and various conservatives, who objected to the safety measures such as vaccinations, social distancing and masking that he advocated to try to limit the lethality of the pandemic.
Republicans also threatened to investigate Fauci if he gained control of Congress in the midterm elections, in which he won control of the House of Representatives, while Democrats narrowly retained control of the Senate.
Earlier, in November 2022, Twitter quietly posted a notice that it would no longer enforce its policy against COVID-19 misinformation. Fighting medical misinformation on social media has been an uphill battle, and the consequences have been life and death.
Social media researcher Anjana Susarla of Michigan State University said social media facilitates the spread of misinformation and amplifies content that is likely to heighten emotion. They wrote that there is substantial evidence that misinformation on social media is undermining vaccine use and making it more difficult for society to reach herd immunity. Another point is that what happens on Twitter doesn't stay on Twitter. Anti-vaccine material and medical misinformation generally "can spread to other online platforms," Susrala wrote, hindering those platforms' efforts to combat misinformation.
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