Tesla’s Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has “supposedly” tested positive for the CCP virus, but he is experiencing no major symptoms, the billionaire himself confirmed in a March 28 statement.
The business magnate questioned the accuracy of COVID-19 tests that month after they reportedly showed he tested positive twice and then negative twice all on the same day.
“[I] am getting wildly different results from different labs, but most likely I have a moderate case of COVID,” Musk said on Twitter. “My symptoms are that of a minor cold, which is no surprise since a coronavirus is a type of cold.”
“Yes, yeah. I’m very pro-vaccination. The science is unequivocal, I’ve tweeted to that effect,” Musk said.
“But by the same token I am against forcing people to be vaccinated,” he added. “You know, I think this is just not something we should do in America. I think we should encourage people to be vaccinated, strongly try to convince them to be vaccinated, but not force them to be vaccinated, or for example, for them to get vaccinated or get fired.”
Musk was recently seen dancing and joking with fans as he oversaw the handover of Tesla’s first German-made cars at its Gruenhide plant in Germany last week.
Tesla has hiked the prices of its cars in the recent past, citing inflationary pressures, and has said it would not launch new models this year due to supply-chain headwinds.
