Re:Honda's now selling the first production car with level 3...
by ggreer on Friday March 05, 2021 @05:56PM
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The only screw-up I see is his prediction that the US would conquer the spread by the end of April. All the other info is pretty accurate, especially considering how little we knew back in March. Compared to most authorities and experts, he did a pretty good job. Remember two weeks to flatten the curve? Remember when the official line was that masks don't work?[1][2][3] Remember when the WHO said that travel bans are a bad idea?[4]
Musk was calling the panic dumb at the same time as the WHO was saying, "Our greatest enemy right now is not the coronavirus itself. It’s fear, rumours and stigma."[5] If we judge him by the same standards as every major institution (media, governments, NGOs), Musk is far less deserving of criticism. And unlike those institutions, Musk never claimed to be an expert on the topic.
1. https://twitter.com/WHOWPRO/status/1243171683067777024
2. https://twitter.com/UNGeneva/status/1244661916535930886
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20200312104152if_/https://twitte...
@elonmusk Mar 6, 2020
The coronavirus panic is dumb
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1236029449042198528
@elonmusk Mar 19, 2020
Based on current trends, probably close to zero new cases in US too by end of April
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1240754657263144960
@elonmusk Mar 19, 2020
Kids are essentially immune, but elderly with existing conditions are vulnerable. Family gatherings with close contact between kids & grandparents probably most risky.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1240758710646878208
@elonmusk Jun 29, 2020
There are a ridiculous number of false positive C19 tests, in some cases ~50%. False positives scale linearly with # of tests. This is a big part of why C19 positive tests are going up while hospitalizations & mortality are declining. Anyone who tests positive should retest.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1277507826529660928