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He asked if he was still employed by the means left to him since he couldn't get into his work accounts.

Nearly everything Elon disclosed didn't need to be disclosed publicly.

Just because someone asks you a question publicly, it doesn't give you carte blanche to unload every single detail you know about the person asking the question.

That guy tweeted Elon Musk doesn't mean that Musk is allowed to reveal private medical information.

The guy has himself on a wheelchair as a profile picture and has his disease on the first page of his blog so i'm not sure what's being revealed

You can have a picture of yourself in a wheelchair and have any of a wide variety of permanent disabilities—or none! You could have just broken your leg. Or, and this may come as a shock, you can actually be fully healthy and abled and still sit in a wheelchair for a picture.

There is not one single thing case in there that makes it OK for an employer to disclose medical information about you, however vague or detailed.

Yep