In a stream of posts, Atlas falsely claimed that several US states and other countries had taken up widespread use of masks without evidence of any positive effect. On Sunday, Twitter took down the tweet in which Atlas said: “Masks work? NO.” The company said the post violated its policy on Covid-19 misinformation that prohibits “sharing false or misleading content which could lead to harm”.
The scientist, a senior fellow from Stanford’s conservative Hoover Institution, denied the account. The Post reported that at one meeting in the Oval Office, Atlas placed himself behind the Resolute Desk after Trump had left the room. And he thinks what we’ve done is really good, and now we’ll take it to a new level.”ĬNN’s Betsy Klein and Kevin Liptak contributed to this report.The Washington Post, meanwhile, reported that Atlas has scattered discord inside the White House, so infuriating Deborah Birx, the coronavirus response coordinator, that she complained to Vice-President Mike Pence, calling for Atlas to be removed. “He’s working with us and will be working with us on the coronavirus,” Trump said in August. Unlike the government medical experts who advised President Donald Trump in the early months of the pandemic, Atlas has adopted a public stance on the virus much closer to the President’s – including decrying the idea that schools cannot reopen this fall as “hysteria” and pushing for the resumption of college sports.
“And so what I meant, and I’m sorry I’m not very articulate on Twitter, is that basically if you want to change things you have to have your voices heard,” he explained.
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Speaking to Fox News on Monday, Atlas – who removed a reference to the Hoover Institution in his Twitter handle – said he wasn’t trying to “threaten or incite violence” but rather is just “not very good at Twitter.”Ītlas said the tweet was in response to “literally thousands of emails I get from people all over the country, begging me to figure out how to end the lockdowns,” including from family members of people who have died by suicide amid restrictions. I’m not going to be bullied into not following reputable scientists and medical professionals.” Responding to Atlas’ tweet Sunday evening, Whitmer told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, “We know that the White House likes to single us out here in Michigan, me out in particular. Gretchen Whitmer, whom federal and state officials announced last month was the target of an alleged domestic terrorism kidnapping plot. The message – which runs counter to the consensus of public health officials – immediately fueled new tension between the White House and Michigan Democratic Gov. Atlas’s statements reflect his personal views, not those of the Hoover Institution or the university.”Ītlas had criticized Michigan’s new Covid-19 restrictions in a tweet shortly after they were announced Sunday evening, writing, “The only way this stops is if people rise up.” Atlas has expressed views that are inconsistent with the university’s approach in response to the pandemic. We also believe in the importance of strictly following the guidance of local and state health authorities,” the university said in a tweet. We support using masks, social distancing, and conducting surveillance and diagnostic testing. “Stanford’s position on managing the pandemic in our community is clear. Scott Atlas, a senior fellow at the school’s Hoover Institution, after he urged Michigan residents to “rise up” against new public health measures. Stanford University on Monday evening distanced itself from White House coronavirus task force member Dr.
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