Twitter removes ‘misleading’ tweet from COVID adviser Dr Scott Atlas that said masks don’t work

Twitter removes ‘misleading’ tweet from top Trump Covid adviser Dr Scott Atlas that said masks don’t work

  • The tweet in question was shared by Dr Scott Atlas and reads: ‘Masks work? No’ 
  • Atlas also shared places where he says ‘cases exploded even with mandates’ 
  • Twitter subsequently removed the tweet, saying it violated the platform’s Covid-19 Misleading Information Policy 

Twitter has removed a ‘misleading’ tweet from White House adviser Dr Scott Atlas who claimed that masks don’t work. 

In the tweet shared on Saturday, Atlas wrote: ‘Masks work? No’

He then used examples of areas where he said ‘cases exploded event with mandates’. 

Atlas included the following locations in the tweet: Los Angeles, Miami, Hawaii, Alabama, France, Philippines, United Kingdom, Spain and Israel.