In this Media Miss Minute, American doctors and nurses are flocking to Canada in droves, according to British Columbia’s health minister. And YouTube channels that were banned for posting content with misleading information about COVID-19 could soon be reinstated.
Media Miss by the right: American doctors, nurses are moving to Canada
British Columbia Health Minister Josie Osborne said more than 130 American health care professionals have formally accepted new positions there. He said out of a pool of more than 1,400 American applicants, the province has hired at least 80 nurses and 38 doctors.
Osborne said he’s optimistic more Americans will come to British Columbia. She said the “erosion of rights, disregard of science and the denial of universal health care” in the U.S. incentivizes American health care professionals to move abroad.
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Media Miss by the left: YouTube channels banned for COVID-19 content may return after Alphabet review
YouTube’s parent company Alphabet announced it will reinstate accounts that were banned during the COVID-19 pandemic at the request of the Biden administration. It had asked YouTube and other social media platforms to remove accounts offering misleading information about vaccines, virus severity and ineffective treatments.
Alphabet now says it will allow those banned accounts to apply for reinstatement if they were removed for policies “that are no longer in effect.” Over the past few years, YouTube has revised its guidelines to ease restrictions on content related to COVID-19.
The move comes as Republican officials have been pressuring social media companies to walk back Biden-era speech constraints on the virus and other political misinformation. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said the move is a significant win for free speech.
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