Musk wants his California plant to reopen as soon as possible
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, said Monday that he has contracted COVID-19 for the second time but is feeling fine.
The tech giant tweeted about his condition, saying he had no symptoms.
“Covid-19 is Theseus’ virus. How many gene changes before it’s no longer Covid-19? I supposedly have it again (sigh) but almost no symptoms,” he wrote.
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Musk previously tested positive for the virus in November 2020, before a vaccine was available. At the time, he said he tested himself four times on the same day, with two tests showing positive results.
Musk has opposed vaccination mandates and downplayed the pandemic in the past, once falling out with local officials in California over stay-at-home orders.
Elon Musk tweeted Monday that he has contracted COVID-19 for the second time. (Getty Images/AP)
Defying an order to keep his Tesla factory closed, he eventually relocated the company’s headquarters from Silicon Valley to a location outside of Austin, Texas.
The electric carmaker suspended production at its Shanghai plant for four days after the city announced a two-stage lockdown amid a surge in COVID-19 cases.
In a December 2021 Time interview after being named the magazine’s “Person of the Year,” Musk said he and his eligible children were all vaccinated because the science was “conclusive,” but said he was against mandates.
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“I think we have to watch out for the erosion of freedom in America,” he said.