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Twitter just added a warning label to a tweet from President Donald Trump that claimed, without evidence, he is immune to coronavirus after his physician cleared him to resume public activities. A total and complete sign off from White House Doctors yesterday. That means I cant get it (immune), and cant give it. Very nice to know!!! Trump wrote on Twitter Sunday. He also claimed immunity in an interview on Fox News where he said he believes he will be immune for maybe a long time, maybe a short time, could be a lifetime. There is no evidence that people are immune to coronavirus if they have been infected once, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC specifically cautions people not to assume they are immune. Twitters warning label says the tweet violated the Twitter Rules about spreading misleading and potentially harmful information related to Covid-19. We placed a public interest notice on President Trumps Tweet for violating our Covid-19 Misleading Information Policy by making misleading health claims about Covid-19, a Twitter spokesperson said. As is standard with this public interest notice, engagements with the Tweet will be significantly limited. Trump posted the same message on his Facebook account, but the platform hasnt added a warning label despite the fact that it violates its rules. The post has been up for four hours and shared more than 24,000 times on Facebook. CNN Business has reached out to Facebook for comment. On Tuesday, Facebook removed a post from the Presidents account after he falsely claimed the flu is more lethal than Covid-19. Twitter has added this warning label to Trumps tweets before. Last month, Twitterflagged a Trump tweet about voting twice. And last week, it added a warning to a Trump tweet that falsely claimed Covid-19 is less deadly than the seasonal flu. Twitter is trying to persuade the public that its ready for the
