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Here's a selection of tweets for you, by a celebrity many still trust and consider a "scientific genius": @elonmusk Mar 6, 2020 The coronavirus panic is dumb

Here's a selection of tweets for you, by a celebrity many still trust and consider a "scientific genius": @elonmusk Mar 6, 2020 The coronavirus panic is dumb https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1236029449042198528 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 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 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 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1277507826529660928

ggreer 6y ago
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 https://twitter.com/WHOWPRO/status/1243171683067777024 2. https://twitter.com/UNGeneva/status/1244661916535930886 https://twitter.com/UNGeneva/status/1244661916535930886 3. https://web.archive.org/web/20200312104152if_/https://twitter.com/Surgeon_General/status/1233725785283932160 https://web.archive.org/web/20200312104152if_/https://twitte... 4. https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1224734993966096387 https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1224734993966096387 5. https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1233418231261646849 https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1233418231261646849

ggreer 6y ago

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 https://twitter.com/WHOWPRO/status/1243171683067777024 2. https://twitter.com/UNGeneva/status/1244661916535930886 https://twitter.com/UNGeneva/status/1244661916535930886 3. https://web.archive.org/web/20200312104152if_/https://twitter.com/Surgeon_General/status/1233725785283932160 https://web.archive.org/web/20200312104152if_/https://twitte... 4. https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1224734993966096387 https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1224734993966096387 5. https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1233418231261646849 https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1233418231261646849