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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: 2, Informative) by j-beda on Saturday March 21 2020, @06:28PM (5 children)
If you and your workplace have not taken steps towards "social distancing" and all that stuff - you probably should have by now. Here is a great article on how exponential and hidden growth rates should be effecting policy decisions:
https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca [medium.com]
Then he did a followup:
https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-the-hammer-and-the-dance-be9337092b56 [medium.com]
And there is a Whitehouse.gov petition:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/buy-us-time-fight-coronavirus-and-save-millions-lives-hammer-and-dance-suppression-strategy [whitehouse.gov]
Wash those hands, and stay at home!
(Score: 3, Funny) by Bot on Saturday March 21 2020, @08:07PM (4 children)
> Wash those hands
Or don't shower at all. That should keep people at a safe distance.
Account abandoned.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Saturday March 21 2020, @09:11PM (2 children)
I'll have the bean beef burrito, with extra onions and garlic - thank you.
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(Score: 2) by Barenflimski on Saturday March 21 2020, @10:32PM (1 child)
The problem isn't with the food you eat. The problem is with the folks who act like a different smell is the worst thing on the planet.
I actually had this conversation with someone. The lady wore so much perfume that it stunk up the place. I asked her what that was about. She said that it was so that she didn't ever have to smell anyone or anything else. I pointed out to her that to a 3rd party that was just as strong of a smell as the other smells she wanted to cover up if not more so. She said, "Yea. That's the point and I don't care what they think. I don't want to smell anything else."
Moral of that story is that you should tolerate her intolerance.
(Score: 1, Troll) by JoeMerchant on Saturday March 21 2020, @11:14PM
The "me me me" generation (c. 1949-1960) in a nutshell.
I knew a South Indian guy in college - jet black skin, ate fried curry from the pan, no meat, no veggies, just curry in oil. His sweat was yellow. Nice guy, just don't bump into him if you're wearing white...
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(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Sunday March 22 2020, @03:46AM
Is that why I have noted no difference pre-Chinese coronavirus and now?
Washington DC delenda est.