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His 2020 predictions, checked
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Predictions false
His case predictions were false. Debate over lockdown policy is a separate question.
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6 Mar 2020
“The coronavirus panic is dumb.”
19 Mar 2020
He predicts close to zero new cases by the end of April.
Mar 2021
Forbes collects his false predictions.
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He posted it on 6 March 2020.
Who says it: Musk.
He wrote it on 19 March 2020. Cases rose sharply.
Who says it: Musk.
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What he said and what happened.
On 6 March 2020, Musk posted “The coronavirus panic is dumb.” On 19 March he wrote that there would probably be close to zero new cases in the U.S. by the end of April. [1][2]
U.S. cases and deaths rose sharply through April and beyond. Forbes later collected these and other predictions that did not come true. [3]
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