Twitter is no longer enforcing its Covid misinformation policy | CNN Business Twitter said it will no longer enforce its longstanding Covid misinformation policy, yet another sign of how Elon Musk plans to transform the social media company he bought a month ago. Donie O'Sullivan CNN

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In 2020, Twitter developed an extensive set of rules that sought to prohibit “harmful misinformation” about the virus and its vaccines.

Covid deaths skew older, reviving questions about ‘acceptable loss’ The pandemic has become a plague of the elderly, with nearly 9 out of 10 deaths in people 65 or older. Washington Post

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More than 300 people are still dying each day on average from covid-19, most of them 65 or older, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While that’s much lower than the 2,000 daily toll at the peak of the delta wave, it is still roughly two to three times the rate at which people die of the flu — renewing debate about what is an “acceptable loss.”