Elon Musk Goes On A Shocking Rant To End COVID-19 Lockdown In America

Elon Musk went on a Twitter rant opposing the ongoing lockdown in the United States of America to curb the spread of the novel Coronavirus.

This is despite the tech billionaire¡¯s recent prediction of ¡°close to zero¡± COVID-19 cases in the US by April-end going horribly wrong.

Elon Musk (Image: Reuters)

Since the outbreak in the US, the number of COVID 19 infected cases has surpassed the million mark and the number of deaths due to COVID-19 has exceeded the number of Americans killed in the Vietnam war.

But Musk does not seem to bother with this, at least as per his recent tweets. Or, he has a better plan in mind that involves the people of the US returning to their usual lives to stay away from the virus. Either way, the ground reality is likely to get worse.

In his tweets, Musk went from ¡°Give people their freedom back!¡± to ¡°FREE AMERICA NOW¡±, in the process sharing links to articles justifying the end of lockdown. He even hailed Texas for opening up small businesses starting Friday.

Give people their freedom back! https://t.co/iG8OYGaVZ0

¡ª Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 29, 2020

Bravo Texas! https://t.co/cVkDewRqGv

¡ª Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 29, 2020

FREE AMERICA NOW

¡ª Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 29, 2020

Latest projections by the CDC state the obvious increase in the spread of the disease if the lockdown is ended. Reopening the yet closed economy would mean unavoidable social interactions and an almost confirmed spread of infection at a higher rate. While most of the world observes a lockdown fearing the same, people in the US are not exactly disagreeing with Musk.

People in the US took to streets recently to oppose the ongoing lockdown and to let them carry on with their lives as before. Even the POTUS Donald Trump is inclined towards "Opening up America again" with a three phase plan. As per the plan, states will be helped by the federal government on the basis of necessity, else they carry the reopening processes on their own.

At present, none of the states in America which plans to reopen has met the requirement of a 14-day drop in COVID 19 cases for reopening. The numbers indicate the need for an exact opposite action to what Musk suggests. And having proven him disastrously wrong once, maybe these rising numbers should be attended to with utmost attention despite such rants.