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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
Since Monday, Tesla has been under pressure from officials in Alameda County to shut down operations of its car factory in Fremont, California, to fight the spread of the coronavirus. On Thursday, Tesla finally announced it would halt vehicle manufacturing in Fremont.
"We have decided to temporarily suspend production at our factory in Fremont, from end of day March 23, which will allow an orderly shutdown," Tesla said in a post on its website.
March 23 is next Monday—a full week after officials in seven Bay Area counties ordered non-essential businesses to close down. To make sure there was no confusion about Tesla's status, Alameda County tweeted on Tuesday that Tesla was not an essential business.
But Tesla persisted. In recent weeks, Elon Musk has been a vocal skeptic of efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus. "Danger of panic still far exceeds danger of corona," Musk tweeted on Monday.
Previously:
Alameda County Sheriff Pressures Tesla to Shut Down Fremont Factory
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Barenflimski on Saturday March 21 2020, @10:48PM (1 child)
Musk isn't wrong concerning the data about the virus. Musk is wrong because he is thinking outside the box and not following the talking points of this government.
We have got to get something figured out as shutting down the world until COVID-19 is eradicated isn't feasible. The government already screwed the people as they appear to have done almost zero preparation in January and February. Now they've shut down the economy so they can catch up. The people have given them that, for now.
The looming issue is that when the banks all come knocking in 15 days and people are threatened with eviction the day the government ban on evictions ends, any thoughts for little 'ole grandpa with a heart condition down the road are going to end.
It seems to me that we could have had a plan in place a long time ago to infect low risk folks at a measured pace so we had folks to be able to keep the economy going. All we are doing now is dealing with panic and a smathering of information from different levels of government. None of that helps us in the short term or the long term.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 22 2020, @06:29AM
Littl' ol' grandpa-voter is going to be very happy with the settlement the Federal Government comes up with. Young-person-non-voter won't be pleased. That makes voter bear sad.