Jessica Hockett, PhD

My friend Matt Brown who wrote this spot-on profile of Joe Average is the latest target of The Twitter Rules. He’s been jailed for 24 hours for this tweet…

…which was him teasing Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla’s covid confessional.

Bourla’s post follows the all-too-familiar script: 

1. I’ve tested positive for covid.
2. I’m thankful to be vaccinated/boosted.
3. My symptoms are mild (because of the vaccine/boosters).
4. I am isolating.
5. I’m taking Paxlovid.
6. (Implied) See what a good person I am? 

I have to ask: If Bourla’s symptoms are mild, then why did he get tested? So he could write an advertisement for how effective four doses is? (Effective enough to need Paxlovid?) 

I love Matt’s approach for poking fun of Bourla, but fun is not allowed on Twitter when you violate The Rules. 

See Matt’s take on the hand slap here: 

Elite Company by Matt Brown

UPDATE: I’m delighted to see that Alex Berenson has tweeted about Matt’s jailing.

Hey @twitter: what’s wrong with this Tweet about @AlbertBourla, aka The World’s (Former) Favorite Veterinarian?

It is completely factually accurate – every word – and yet you suspended the poster for it.

Do your terms of service mean anything? pic.twitter.com/482R3MHnAK

— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) August 16, 2022