Blue bird of COVID misinformation returns

Sigh. Twitter (for which read Elon Musk) has changed its policy on COVID-19 misinformation: now, they don't care:

Effective November 23, 2022, Twitter is no longer enforcing the COVID-19 misleading information policy.

The pre-Musk policy (as archived on the Wayback Machine) stated flat out

You may not use Twitter's services to share false or misleading information about COVID-19 which may lead to harm. 

Trying to go to the "current" version (https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/medical-misinformation-policy) is, at this moment, using an HTTP 302 return status to redirect you to the Twitter Help main page; in my case https://help.twitter.com/en .

More details (and reaction) from the Associated Press:
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I'm still on Twitter, as it hasn't died yet for me. But this isn't good for anyone (except perhaps Musk's groupies).