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MANILA, Philippines – Tesla CEO Elon Musk strikes again with an eyebrow-raising tweet, this time in relation to the ongoing coronavirus epidemic.
He said:
The coronavirus panic is dumb
The ploy, if it had been to demand attention, worked. It reaped 1.7 million likes in the 4 days after the March 7 posting.
As expected, the tweet drew sharp criticism, specifically of the tweet’s perceived insensitivity to those who have contracted it and high-risk candidates.
As someone with severe heart issues, I find this tweet irresponsible. Just because you are one of the richest people in America who has every opportunity, some like me can & will die like the other 20 Americans who have died. Shame on you
Elon this is not a good tweet. People are still not taking proper steps.
You are a man of science. Can I set up a call with some scientists to help change your mind?
With exponential functions you want to err on the side of caution.
Some perceived it as Elon being “edgy”:
Is it super edgy to not give a fuck about kids with asthma and elderly people now? I didn’t get the memo.
Still, quite a few appear to empathize with the controversial tech executive.
Some took pleasure in reminding Musk of his older Twitter gaffes, specifically the one which led to a securities fraud case:
Not nearly as dumb as committing securities fraud on Twitterhttps://t.co/DM6sOXN5Xg
Musk is a known stirrer of controversy on Twitter, and had been involved in another legal case when he called British diver Vernon Unsworth – one of the rescuers of the Thai boys football team that got trapped in a cave in 2018 – a “pedo guy” on Twitter.
Musk’s Tesla stores and factories in China were also earlier temporarily shuttered because of the virus. – Rappler.com
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