Ilon Musk, the coronavirus emergency measures and what the billionaire thinks about them

In early March Ilon Musk wanted to tell us that for him all this panic and hysteria about the new coronavirus was “dumb”.. He then decided to contribute to the fight against contagion by launching the production of respirators at one of Tesla’s factories, which stopped working on creating cars due to emergency measures.

Muscle on the “dumb” side of the coronavirus

Everyone with their opinion

More than a month has passed since then, but restrictions on the condition of the plant have been extended since May 31. Despite the reported increase in your company’s stock price during the first quarter of the year, the billionaire is not happy that someone paused his production for so long.

And that made Musk come out again with an angry position on social media. “Free America Now”, he wrote in capital letters on Twitter. The Tesla owner strongly opposes the measure that prevents people from leaving their homes without good reason.

“Let anyone who wants to stay home. There is nothing wrong with that. But forbidding him to leave his house and arresting him if he does is fascism,” said the businessman.

For him, the forced confinement of people in the home is contrary to your constitutional rights.

“The horrible violation of human liberties is not what people came to this country and did as it is.”

Nor does he understand why this whole blockage of life is, with California hospitals half-empty during emergency measures. Musk is concerned not only with ordinary people, but also with business, which is difficult to survive in such a situation. Because while Tesla can be successful, many small businesses certainly will not, CNN reports.

Demand for new cars in some of the worst affected areas of the US coronavirus. USA It decreased by up to 80% in March, although a slight increase was observed in April. In the context of the crisis and the billions of losses that other automakers have announced, Musk is ready with the plan for a new plant. In a few months, it will announce exactly where it will be located in the US. USA