Thread by @FreedomFriesInc

Thread: Social media platforms that allow hoaxes to trend are despicable.

HM Queen Elizabeth of the UK and her other realms (eg NZ), is alive and following doctor's orders to rest.

Whenever she eventually dies, go to bbc.com for the actual truth about it.

Also, it's really weird when ppl refer to the Queen as Queen Elizabeth. It's not incorrect, I know she's not the only (actual, lawful) Queen in the world, but she's always referred to as the Queen here.

"The Queen" will also be how we refer to Queen Camilla & Queen Catherine.

No, Twitter, this headline doesn't fix the problem.

I suggest, at the top of the list, for at least 12 hours, you should say:

"Queen Elizabeth is alive. Reports of her death at this time are a hoax."

We had to watch this happening for years with Prince Philip.

We all know by now that Twitter is able to edit the trends it publishes. Death hoaxes are only able to trend on that list if Twitter allows them to.

It causes genuine distress to some members of the public. Twitter is not showing corporate responsibility.

According to official media releases, based on info the Queen has asked her Dr to provide, she has a mild case of Covid & is recovering well.

Despite her age, she has a good chance of recovering without the need for hospitalization, or concerns about her life being in danger.

I seriously doubt the Queen, her son, or anyone else in charge of official media releases there, would allow the facts to be distorted or lied about in those releases.

All that's happened is that she canceled some video calls for today (only).

bbc.com/news/uk-604770…

If I had the level of *mild* symptoms she has rn, I wouldn't want to appear in public on video calls, either. There is a certain level of decorum applicable to the Queen at times like this.

And they're not going to trot out a rep every day to give further details to media.

There's nothing to see here, certainly if you accept the info provided already. Which I am sure most British people do, along with their government and opposition MPs.

If that changes, you will know within about 15 minutes at the BBC (or ITV) website.

bbc.com/news/uk

LOL, Twitter keeps changing what it allows or says about this subject in their top 10 US trends list.

A missed opportunity to provide an informative comment to their audience that bullshit hoaxes like this will become a daily occurrence until HM is seen out in public again, and

... that bullshit hoaxes about the Queen and her family will only increase in frequency until she eventually does pass away.

Then the nasty, politicized, bullshit commentary about each of the coming monarchs will continue, apace.

I'm certain that if she & her Drs thought for one moment that her catching this variant at this time would risk her life, she'd have stayed in her strict self imposed lockdown.

Thanks to vaccines, therapies, her good health, & the nature of the variant, she ended her lockdown.

Because at this stage of the pandemic, individuals, households, and other entities can and should make individualized decisions about the level of risk mitigation that's right for them AT THE TIME.

Where I am, I'm on strict self imposed lockdown, to help flatten the curve.

Because science.

I rely on science for almost everything in life, including Covid.

And so does the Queen, her son and elder grandson, her government, and most of the UK.

Most of the egregious misinfo and disinfo about Covid (from day one) could have been reduced if major media companies like Twitter and Facebook had used genuine, well designed, corporately responsible editorial and operational protocols.

Unnecessary deaths & harm resulted.

I can cope with thinking about the unavoidable Covid deaths and other harm in the world that this literal natural disaster caused and causes.

I will NEVER accept that I should feel the same way about those that were avoidable. (And quite easily avoidable in some cases.)