Yep, I also remember them saying that if you got sick and started showing symptoms, to stay at home instead of seeking medical care. Now that's considered misinformation though, and YouTube says they'll remove videos recommending you don't get medical care.
No. You are misrepresenting pretty much everything you're talking about. No one ever suggested avoiding medical care if you had symptoms of severe infection that would normally require hospitalization. YouTube is only saying they will remove videos with misinformation, such as recommending viewers avoid medical treatment for COVID, which is perfectly reasonable and not consistent with your conspiratorial tone.
The CDC website says that unless you are having emergency symptoms, like trouble breathing, to stay at home until you feel better. How is a layman supposed to know the threshold of when they need hospitalization, vs when they should just tough it out and hope they get better?
> If you think you may have been exposed to COVID-19, contact your healthcare provider.
"Don't physically go to the doctor's office" is not the same thing as "don't seek medical treatment". The advice is clearly to engage with medical professionals remotely as soon as possible, and their judgement of your symptoms will determine if and when you need to actually go to a hospital.
There are dozens of reports about YouTube removing any video mentioning the virus, including videos that were warning about the importance of masks and surface disinfection. At one point they've been conveniently purging everything not coming from an official channel.
Are you taking the position that science and medicine aren't or shouldn't be about altering conclusions in response to gaining new facts and knowledge?
To be fair that is probably was because hospitals were getting overwhelmed. Though in general I have seen a lot of poor and contradictory information coming from the WHO regarding covid. This one below may have been technically correct at the time but seems pretty irresponsible in hindsight.
