The Covid-19 epidemic, which affected the whole world in 2020, continues to pose a global threat, even though it makes us forget itself in the turbulent agenda of our country. While vaccine studies continue in this area, the discourses of anti-vaccine opponents on social media continue to draw attention.
With the release of the OMICRON variant, vaccine studies have gained momentum once again, while experts and doctors continue to make statements to change the minds of people who are against the vaccine. On the other hand, anti-vaccine political figures continue to influence a segment of society. The Twitter account of Republican politician Marjorie Taylor Greene, who shared similar posts in the USA, where anti-vaccination is quite intense, was closed.
‘Twitter is the enemy of the USA’
While the number of people who lost their lives due to Covid-19 in the USA exceeded 825,000, Greene, a congressman from the state of Georgia, was penalized on Twitter for his anti-vaccine posts in the past. Continuing its inspections to prevent the sharing of misleading information about the global epidemic, Twitter imposed penalties from 12 hours to a week for Greene due to his false posts.
Greene, who is alleged to have an argumentative character and known for his identity as an “event-maker”, has been permanently banned from his Twitter account because he continues to share this style. Greene, who was alleged to have “persistently” not abided by the Covid-19 measures, including mask rules, in Congress, described Twitter as “the enemy of the United States” and said, “Social media platforms cannot prevent the spread of truth… Communist Democrats cannot prevent the truth. I am truly for the people. We will overcome this,” he said.
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