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Elon Musk tweets on Covid-19 lockdown: Give people their freedom back

He tweeted a link to a Wall Street Journal article which presents data indicating lockdowns don’t save lives

Newsroom April 29 05:56

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is calling for coronavirus lockdowns to be eased and America to be re-opened, asserting, “give people their freedom back!”

Musk made the remarks on Twitter, tweeting a link to a Wall Street Journal article which presents data indicating lockdowns don’t save lives.

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

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 29, 2020

Musk previously posted a link to the censored YouTube video of two California doctors questioning the logic of maintaining a lockdown that may end up taking more lives than it saves.

Docs make good points https://t.co/WeXuZpMghY

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 26, 2020

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