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That's definitely true. I'm sure this calms a lot of anxiety on their part. And if there had been an outbreak, this could end up being life-saving.

by jsight 7y ago

onlyrealcuzzo 7y ago
Tesla's Fremont factory employs 10k people. I imagine they work closely together, touch a lot of the same stuff, would be at high risk of transmitting this, but I really have no idea. This would almost certainly lead to 1-10+ deaths -- his workers directly or people infected by them. It would lead to hundreds of not thousands of cases of pneumonia and permanent lung damage. It could easily cost millions of dollars to the US tax payer in Medicare and Medicaid expenses. Shutting down production at Fremont for a couple werks shouldn't do much to the underlying fundamentals of Tesla -- it could actually be a good thing. Car sales are giving every indication they'll be heavily depressed for months -- if not til the end of the year. This is a selfish play by Elan to do anything (almost literally human sacrifice) to keep his stock price high.
- bluGill 7y ago
  Do they? I work at a factory and those doing production are in small teams (6 max, and your team is assigned for the duration of this crisis) that have it easy to never contact the next (except lunchtime and those of us with a desk are required to eat at our desks to give them more room - I'm working from home which is better yet) modern factories have most of the work done by robots, so it is easy to keep a robot between you and the next team.
  - gentleman11 7y ago
    Are there individual break rooms, or change rooms, or kitchens? No work requiring a small group?
- jsight 7y ago
  If you've seen videos of the plant, there actually aren't that many in close contact. AFAIK, Ford has had a case with covid19 and has not had a major outbreak as a result. It could be bad, but your estimates are severely on the high end.

That's definitely true. I'm sure this calms a lot of anxiety on their part. And if there had been an outbreak, this could end up being life-saving.

by jsight 7y ago

That's definitely true. I'm sure this calms a lot of anxiety on their part. And if there had been an outbreak, this could end up being life-saving.

onlyrealcuzzo 7y ago

Tesla's Fremont factory employs 10k people. I imagine they work closely together, touch a lot of the same stuff, would be at high risk of transmitting this, but I really have no idea. This would almost certainly lead to 1-10+ deaths -- his workers directly or people infected by them. It would lead to hundreds of not thousands of cases of pneumonia and permanent lung damage. It could easily cost millions of dollars to the US tax payer in Medicare and Medicaid expenses. Shutting down production at Fremont for a couple werks shouldn't do much to the underlying fundamentals of Tesla -- it could actually be a good thing. Car sales are giving every indication they'll be heavily depressed for months -- if not til the end of the year. This is a selfish play by Elan to do anything (almost literally human sacrifice) to keep his stock price high.

bluGill 7y ago
Do they? I work at a factory and those doing production are in small teams (6 max, and your team is assigned for the duration of this crisis) that have it easy to never contact the next (except lunchtime and those of us with a desk are required to eat at our desks to give them more room - I'm working from home which is better yet) modern factories have most of the work done by robots, so it is easy to keep a robot between you and the next team.
- gentleman11 7y ago
  Are there individual break rooms, or change rooms, or kitchens? No work requiring a small group?
jsight 7y ago
If you've seen videos of the plant, there actually aren't that many in close contact. AFAIK, Ford has had a case with covid19 and has not had a major outbreak as a result. It could be bad, but your estimates are severely on the high end.