Tell Elon Musk to use his factories to produce medical and protective gear.
 

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

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

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

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 

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.

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, https://act.colorofchange.org/go/242448?t=9&akid=41688%2E4731121%2EkBE6i-
  2. “Worst-case estimates for U.S. coronavirus deaths,” The New York Times, 13 March 2020, https://act.colorofchange.org/go/242449?t=11&akid=41688%2E4731121%2EkBE6i-
  3. “Tesla CEO Elon Musk got $4.5 billion richer overnight,” CNBC, 4 February 2020, https://act.colorofchange.org/go/242450?t=13&akid=41688%2E4731121%2EkBE6i-
  4. "Tesla orders factory workers to come to work in spite of shelter in place directive," Tech Crunch, 18 March 2020, https://act.colorofchange.org/go/242451?t=15&akid=41688%2E4731121%2EkBE6i-

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