Wellness Ministry rebukes Elon Musk for ‘fake news’ about COVID-19

The Health and fitness Ministry rebukes Twitter chief Elon Musk for faux news about COVID-19.

Musk tweets “zero…” in response to an post declaring Israeli knowledge identified that “zero younger wholesome people today died of COVID-19,”

The Health and fitness Ministry responds with an English assertion.

“Elon, unfortunately this is not what the whole data shows. Bogus news is unsafe,” the Wellbeing Ministry claims. “Israel Ministry of Wellbeing was requested on serious disorder information and discussed that we do not have accessibility to scientific records.”

“We provided the restricted facts out there if anything was shared throughout epidemiological investigation — this data was obtainable for only 27 folks –7.5% of the 356 young individuals who died of COVID In Israel.”

“We know from clinicians that younger balanced persons did die from COVID and hopefully knowledge on that will be accessible on the near potential from our HMOs.”

The trade is the hottest in numerous amongst Musk and Israel’s governing administration on Twitter.

Previously this thirty day period, the Overseas Ministry accused Musk of stoking antisemitism after he in comparison George Soros to a comedian ebook villain.

Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli then came to Musk’s protection, indicating Israelis observed him as a function model.

Late final yr, Musk complimented Israel’s Twitter prowess, immediately after the country’s formal channel responded to a Kanye West article with a Taylor Swift joke.

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