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I had not seen this quote before. Reading what you said; my initial thought was on the emphasis, the panic IS dumb. So, I clicked in and verified that he actual
by romland 6y ago
I had not seen this quote before. Reading what you said; my initial thought was on the emphasis, the panic IS dumb. So, I clicked in and verified that he actually had said exactly those words and read the next 2-3 responses. I felt that, yeah, he is referring to the panic. It's something I've repeatedly said the last two weeks: Personally, I am not afraid of the virus. I am afraid of people's response. I say this as one of the unfortunate bastards with a condition that puts me in a risk group. I am also no fan of Musk, per-se (well, not more than you would have admiration for any person that are able to accomplish things).
Whether he's capable of making a difference around ventilators in the short term -- let's just say I am as skeptical as the next guy. Likewise, I should probably have read the entirety of the Twitter thread before replying.
- clouddrover 6y agoIn a memo to employees Musk said, "The risk of death from C19 is vastly less than the risk of death from driving your car home": https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/elon-musk-spacex-employees-car-crash-coronavirus https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/elon-musk-space... Italy's deaths from coronavirus have already exceeded their annual deaths from car accidents: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-r... Without the work that hospitals are doing and without the measures to limit exposure the death rate would be even higher. Musk's perspective on COVID-19 is ignorant and frankly stupid.
- senectus1 6y agoyeah but hang on... if you add to that factor that 70-90+ age brackets... how does that then add up?