Re:Elon Musk reopening Tesla factory despite Alameda County ...
by filereaper on Monday May 11, 2020 @07:57PM
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Elon is a man that put a car from a company he built into space from a Space Company he built with rockets that land on their own.
I don't think balance sheets and sensibility might be the main point here, Elon can and will conquer that hill he's willing to die on.
It's not clear to me how to balance those costs against the decisions made by public health officials who are experts. I'm certainly not a "even one death is unacceptable" believer, nor do I think we should unnecessarily expose large numbers of people to risk (especially in the case of highly infectious diseases).
Assuming Tesla made wise decisions, I'm sure only a small number of people more would provably get sick due to exposure at the factory. But it's not Elon's sole decision.