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Re:Free America Now (@elonmusk) by bildung on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @08:35AM (#23018329)
He also implied there won't be more than 0.1% of the US population infected overall, https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1239755145233289217
Re:Free America Now (@elonmusk) by zaroth on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @11:39AM (#23020503)
I don’t see that. The paper he linked to in that tweet is a high level review of treatment options.

Where exactly do you see him saying that total prevalence would be 0.1%?

Re:Free America Now (@elonmusk) by bildung on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @12:05PM (#23020800)
You're right! Wrong link, and I can't find the correct one on twitter. But he also said it elsewhere, like in this letter to tesla employees: https://electrek.co/2020/03/17/elon-musk-tesla-coronavirus-p...
Re:Free America Now (@elonmusk) by zaroth on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @09:00PM (#23026402)
Thank you for that. Funny my comment still got downvoted. I’m pretty sure I made some enemies with my COVID opinions and someone has a bot downvoting all my posts at this point.
Re:Free America Now (@elonmusk) by pinkfoot on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @09:09AM (#23018643)
And he might still be right.

But - and here is the rub - it will be because the lockdown interrupted person-to-person transfers, and not because the inert bases making up the virus suddenly decided all by themselves, and all over the world, to lower their R0 from > 3 to < 1.

Re:Free America Now (@elonmusk) by bildung on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @09:33AM (#23018881)
> And he might still be right.

The US already has over 1M cases, so 0.3%?

Re:Free America Now (@elonmusk) by frank2 on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @09:37AM (#23018933)
1M confirmed cases; actual cases are many times higher than that.
Re:Free America Now (@elonmusk) by marvin on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @11:20AM (#23020296)
He was definitely wrong by a factor of 3, then! But probably more.