Elon Musk, the reaction to the coronavirus pandemic is not "dumb."

[ [link removed]- ]Elon Musk, the reaction to the coronavirus pandemic is not
dumb.[ [link removed]- ][IMG]

Stop tweeting and start producing essential medical and protective gear
in your factories.

[ [link removed]- ]Take action

John,

I’m going to keep this short. Our healthcare system is in crisis with a
massive shortage of life-saving medical gear including masks, ventilators,
and gloves and Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla, is not only spreading
dangerous misinformation about the dangers of COVID-19 on Twitter but only
offering to use his factories to produce ventilators “if there’s a
need.^1” Newsflash, Elon: Medical professionals have been ringing the
alarm about the tremendous shortage of essential protective gear for
weeks—the time to act is now! COVID-19 isn’t a conspiracy or an
overreaction—epidemiologists are predicting that between 160 and 210
million Americans will contract this deadly virus.^2 

[ [link removed]- ]Demand Elon Musk stop the conspiracy theory rhetoric and move into
action! It’s time for him to use his factories to produce essential
protective and medical gear.

Elon Musk is the 20th richest man on Earth—not because of luck or chance
but because he’s relied on major tax breaks, subsidies, market
manipulation and city infrastructure paid for by our taxpayer money.^3 You
would think such an eager beneficiary of our dollars would spring into
action during this global crisis but instead he’s Tweeting—calling the
serious reaction to the coronavirus “dumb”, comfortable in his ivory tower
while millions of Americans wonder where their next meal will come from. 

Maybe we shouldn’t be surprised— this is the same man who defied
California’s life-saving shelter-in-place mandate, endangering the lives
of countless people by keeping factory doors open with thousands of
employees working inside.^4  But enough is enough. It’s time for Elon Musk
to stop tweeting and start using his resources to save millions of lives.

[ [link removed]- ]Demand Elon Musk use his factories to produce essential protective and
medical gear.

Until justice is real, 
—Brandi, Rashad, Arisha, Jade, Johnny, Future, Amanda, Evan, Imani,
Samantha, Eesha, Marcus, FolaSade, and the rest of the Color Of Change
team

References:

 1. "Elon Musk downplays severity of coronavirus, and hedged his promise
to produce ventilators for hospitals mere minutes after making it,”
Business Insider, 19 March
2020, [link removed]-
 2. “Worst-case estimates for U.S. coronavirus deaths,” The New York
Times, 13 March 2020,
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 3. “Tesla CEO Elon Musk got $4.5 billion richer overnight,” CNBC, 4
February
2020, [link removed]-
 4. "Tesla orders factory workers to come to work in spite of shelter in
place directive," Tech Crunch, 18 March
2020, [link removed]-


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