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Just a reminder Musk said this virus was no worse than the common cold. Musk also said the new cases would drop to 0 in April. How many times does someone have

Just a reminder Musk said this virus was no worse than the common cold. Musk also said the new cases would drop to 0 in April. How many times does someone have to be wrong before we can stop accepting their input on a subject?

smallgovt 6y ago
Source?
- ewoodrich 6y ago
  > Mr. Musk has also underestimated the severity of the virus. In January, he said the coronavirus “would be no worse than the common cold.” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/09/business/coronavirus-elon-musk-tesla-california.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/09/business/coronavirus-elon... From Twitter on March 19: > Based on current trends, probably close to zero new cases in US too by end of April https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1240754657263144960?lang=en https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1240754657263144960?lang...
  - wnevets 6y ago
    don't forget his tweet about children being "essentially immune" https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1240758710646878208 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1240758710646878208
- sudosysgen 6y ago
  His Twitter account.
- rtsil 6y ago
  You can look at his twitter account as far back as early March.
corebit 6y ago
So did Vox, Washington Post, New York Times, and CNN. Nobody knew much in the beginning and that's completely fine and not a hit on anyone's credibility.
- wnevets 6y ago
  Wait, I thought everyone was accusing Vox, Washington Post, New York Times, and CNN of OVER hyping the virus?
- paxys 6y ago
  None of them said anything of the sort. Maybe you're thinking of Fox?
- FireBeyond 6y ago
  Musk is _still_ saying it.
- setpatchaddress 6y ago
  No. Musk was saying this on March 16th: https://www.reddit.com/r/China_Flu/comments/fkbw1c/elon_musk_called_the_coronavirus_a_specific_form/ https://www.reddit.com/r/China_Flu/comments/fkbw1c/elon_musk... At that time, here's CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/16/app-news-section/quickly-catch-up-march-16/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/16/app-news-section/quickly-catc... Vox: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/3/16/21182247/trump-coronavirus-covid-19-press-conference https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/3/16/21182247/t...
aswanson 6y ago
Lol. Trump is up to 17000 lies on record and 40 percent of the country still accepts his word as truth. Human gullibility is limitless.
- FriendlyNormie 6y ago
  Shut the fuck up you dumb faggot. Stop hallucinating Trump everywhere you look, this isn’t reddit.

smallgovt 6y ago

Source?

ewoodrich 6y ago
> Mr. Musk has also underestimated the severity of the virus. In January, he said the coronavirus “would be no worse than the common cold.” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/09/business/coronavirus-elon-musk-tesla-california.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/09/business/coronavirus-elon... From Twitter on March 19: > Based on current trends, probably close to zero new cases in US too by end of April https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1240754657263144960?lang=en https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1240754657263144960?lang...
- wnevets 6y ago
  don't forget his tweet about children being "essentially immune" https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1240758710646878208 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1240758710646878208
sudosysgen 6y ago
His Twitter account.
rtsil 6y ago
You can look at his twitter account as far back as early March.

corebit 6y ago

So did Vox, Washington Post, New York Times, and CNN. Nobody knew much in the beginning and that's completely fine and not a hit on anyone's credibility.

wnevets 6y ago
Wait, I thought everyone was accusing Vox, Washington Post, New York Times, and CNN of OVER hyping the virus?
paxys 6y ago
None of them said anything of the sort. Maybe you're thinking of Fox?
FireBeyond 6y ago
Musk is _still_ saying it.
setpatchaddress 6y ago
No. Musk was saying this on March 16th: https://www.reddit.com/r/China_Flu/comments/fkbw1c/elon_musk_called_the_coronavirus_a_specific_form/ https://www.reddit.com/r/China_Flu/comments/fkbw1c/elon_musk... At that time, here's CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/16/app-news-section/quickly-catch-up-march-16/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/16/app-news-section/quickly-catc... Vox: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/3/16/21182247/trump-coronavirus-covid-19-press-conference https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/3/16/21182247/t...

aswanson 6y ago

Lol. Trump is up to 17000 lies on record and 40 percent of the country still accepts his word as truth. Human gullibility is limitless.

FriendlyNormie 6y ago
Shut the fuck up you dumb faggot. Stop hallucinating Trump everywhere you look, this isn’t reddit.