> A Tesla factory is a much safer place to be than a Home Depot or a Costco, and many other businesses open in California today. We aren't talking about sporting events here: we're talking about some of the lowest risk and unavoidable interactions.
> This is locking down for the sake of locking down, not an evidence-first safety driven approach.
You are stating that like it was a fact. It's NOT. Where is the evidence to support that Tesla factory is lowest risk? Now perhaps if all of the original KUKA robots are on and assembly lines are automated then it would probably be a different story. But apparently it's not, is it?
We still haven't fully grasped the full cause and damages SARS-CoV-2 will bring to people (for instances, originally we thought children are extremely low risk, but they are NOT, they could be infected and DIE too!). We still haven't even near the order of magnitude of CODVID testing AND contract tracing programs needed to reopen economy, what on earth you think reopening is a good idea?
What about the healthcare workers sacrificing their lives to save selfish people like Elon Musk? Those ICU doctors and nurses are EXTREMELY fatigued. Premature reopening will most likely bring another big wave of infections and deaths, and then we are back to square one - wasting all these past 2 months of hard physical distancing measures.
As a long time EV driver and a big fan of Elon Musk, I am deeply disappointed at him on this.
PS: Tesla's Return back to Work playbook has no mention about doing daily testing for its employees, we do know asymptomatic transmission accounts for huge percentages. How does he plan to address that? What kind of hero he is to calling for his employees to go back to work and die for capitalism?
I'm inclined to agree with OP here on the point that a factory is inherently safer than a grocery or retail store. At the former, the same set of people are working in a rather insulated environment where you can establish strict rules and protocols employees must follow. At the latter, there is a new mix of people going in and out everyday and it's much harder to force them to adhere to your rules.
Not saying we should "reopen" ASAP but if we can identify and implement low-risk solutions that let people get back to work, then we should - and sooner rather than later.
> This is locking down for the sake of locking down, not an evidence-first safety driven approach.
You are stating that like it was a fact. It's NOT. Where is the evidence to support that Tesla factory is lowest risk? Now perhaps if all of the original KUKA robots are on and assembly lines are automated then it would probably be a different story. But apparently it's not, is it?
We still haven't fully grasped the full cause and damages SARS-CoV-2 will bring to people (for instances, originally we thought children are extremely low risk, but they are NOT, they could be infected and DIE too!). We still haven't even near the order of magnitude of CODVID testing AND contract tracing programs needed to reopen economy, what on earth you think reopening is a good idea?
What about the healthcare workers sacrificing their lives to save selfish people like Elon Musk? Those ICU doctors and nurses are EXTREMELY fatigued. Premature reopening will most likely bring another big wave of infections and deaths, and then we are back to square one - wasting all these past 2 months of hard physical distancing measures.
As a long time EV driver and a big fan of Elon Musk, I am deeply disappointed at him on this.
PS: Tesla's Return back to Work playbook has no mention about doing daily testing for its employees, we do know asymptomatic transmission accounts for huge percentages. How does he plan to address that? What kind of hero he is to calling for his employees to go back to work and die for capitalism?