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Why are we letting egomaniacal billionaires set public health policy instead of experts?
by jdkee 7y ago
Why are we letting egomaniacal billionaires set public health policy instead of experts?
- anoncareer0212 7y agoBecause the conflation of reselling ventilators with building ventilators allows him to keep Fremont open [1] even though its county "has seen some of the biggest increases of cases in the Bay Area." [2] All the while, the CEO is tweeting that a once in a century epidemic is no biggie. [3][[4] We live in strange times. [1] https://twitter.com/BradMunchen/status/1242140626524573696?s=20 https://twitter.com/BradMunchen/status/1242140626524573696?s... [2] https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/23/coronavirus-alameda-county-reports-first-death-from-covid-19-16-additional-cases/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/23/coronavirus-alameda-c... [3] https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/elon-musk-spacex-employees-car-crash-coronavirus https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/elon-musk-space... [4] https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/spacex-teachers-fear-coronavirus-elon-musk https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/spacex-teachers...