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I don't know that this is that notable, is it? Surely there are dozens or hundreds of suits all over the country from businesses quibbling over their non/categorization as essential?

It's a pandemic. No one wins here. No policy can be completely fair. Hell, I have opinions about everything and I genuinely don't know that I can find one about this situation. Obviously Tesla (and every employer) wants to open. The county wants people to stay home. Some exceptions get made. Should Tesla be one? Meh.

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Which of those businesses are as large or well-known (i.e. notable) as Tesla? And no I don't think it's that widespread yet because a Texas salon owner who defied the state order (and was jailed for contempt of court) made national news last week, and Gov. Abbott modified the state order in response to the case:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shelley-luther-dallas-salon-own...

You don't think a controversial, SV darling CEO suing to allow his non essential business to open amidst a pandemic is notable?

What about his public attacks on the civil servants involved in determine the rules for public safety?

What about the fact he's decrying "unelected officials" and "fascism" in the US,while praising the CCP and expanding Chinese production?

It's unbelievable people continue to defend this man here.

If the factory is operating safely in China w/o employees getting sick why isn’t it possible in the USA?

Objectively it's because the Chinese outbreak is well controlled at this point without lockdown measures. Alameda isn't there yet, though the Bay Area is closer than many areas in the US which are still growing.

The Chinese outbreak was much less controlled when they allowed the China factory to reopen.

What does one thing have to do with the other?

The public health officials who, believe it or not know more about this than Elon Musk,said they want specific metrics met before opening. Period.

So Elon did what he does and is bullying them. He called the public health official in charge, a pediatrician at Oakland's Childrens Hospital "ignorant" and "unelected". His horrible fanbase is loving it,and spamming the Alameda County offices with complaints. Why doesn't he say that about the officials in China? He'd be out on his ass, that's why.

Because it shows that in a country with a bad outbreak a factory of similar makeup can be operated without exacerbating an outbreak. They reopened the factory in China well before cases were zero in China.

Do you have a source where he specifically praised the CCP? This is surprising to hear.

It's not just the county, people want to stay home to avoid getting sick.

Musk should be taking steps to improve virus safety on his lines instead of this sort of Trumpian vilification and lawsuiting. Obviously the later is much easier and much cheaper than the former.

I agree that it's not notable.

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