Vox Media on Tuesday deleted a tweet from January that assured followers the coronavirus would not be “a deadly pandemic.”
“We have deleted a tweet from Jan 31 that no longer reflects the current reality of the coronavirus story,” tweeted Vox’s account, linking to the rest of the site’s more current and accurate coronavirus coverage.
The deleted tweet, which was referenced in the replies to the announcement of the deletion, included a series of questions readers may have had at the time, along with answers: “What is this #coronavirus? It’s part of a family of viruses that attack the respiratory system.

