Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates
has lamented that “titillating” misinformation has a tendency to spread faster
than the truth.
Gates said this while calling on
Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Elon Musk to stay in his lane.
This is in reaction to the
automaker enterpreneur’s controversial comments about COVID-19.
In a interview on CNBC,
Billionaire Bill Gates said, “Facts travel slowly on social media compared with
‘negative’ misinformation, which makes it difficult for companies like Facebook
and Twitter to strike a balance.
“Elon’s positioning is to
maintain a high level of outrageous comments.
“He’s not much involved in
vaccines. He makes a great electric car. And his rockets work well. So he’s
allowed to say these things. I hope that he doesn’t confuse areas he’s not
involved in too much.”
Musk has been skeptical about
some of the restrictions put in place by governments to quell the spread of
COVID-19.
The Tesla CEO had described
California’s stay-at-home order as “fascist” in nature, calling on the
government “Give people back their goddamn freedom.”
Later on in a tweet, the
automaker pointed out that the number of COVID-19 cases was rising dramatically
while the number of deaths was not.
He tweeted, “There are a
ridiculous number of false positive COVID-19 tests, in some cases, 50%. False
positives scale linearly with number of tests.
“This is a big part of why
COVID-19 positive tests are going up while hospitalizations and mortality are
declining. Anyone who tests positive should retest.”
Also in a New York Times
interview published Saturday, the billionaire Tesla CEO said, “I think the
reality of COVID-19 is that it is dangerous if you’re elderly and have
pre-existing conditions.
“It absolutely makes sense to
have a lockdown if you’re vulnerable. I do not think it makes sense to have a
lockdown if you’re not vulnerable.”
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