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Re:Elon Musk: "The coronavirus panic is dumb" by muzani on Monday March 09, 2020 @08:17AM (#22524753)
Honestly, I think the reason he does this is because it raises awareness of him, which in turn raises stock prices, application rates, media coverage, and funding for his projects.

If people want him to stop saying dumb things, they should just ignore him. Same for other Twitter-friendly people like Trump and McAfee.

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Re:Elon Musk: "The coronavirus panic is dumb" by hef19898 on Monday March 09, 2020 @09:00AM (#22524991)
Very true, if you ask me. He is not alone, so. the sheer amount of Corona-related clickbait,from everyone from Musk to guys at the MIT (they are close to spaming my LinkedIn feed with "CORVID-19 will kill Supply Chain, join our webinar to learn how t save yours!"-lie content). I became gulty as well with a blog post covering steps to make supply chain recovery as easy as possible. Won't do it again. But never ever would I interpret numbers or comment on the epidemic itself.
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