Elon Musk questions COVID-19 numbers, reiterates misleading theories with brother Kimbal

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his brother Kimbal Musk have doubled down on misleading theories around COVID-19 and the US government's handling of the pandemic as the virus continues to disrupt lives across the world. Its currently the worst affected nation in the world with over 2,658,324 positive cases of COVID-19 with a total of 127, 681 deaths as per the latest John Hopkins University tally.

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'False positives' 

Elon Musk, on July 1, questioned the COVID-19 testing system in the country, raising concerns over “false positives” which according to him are meddling with the number of cases reported. He theorised that even five percent false positive rate would show up as 17 million false cases. Musk’s tweet came in reply to his brother who posted a graph showing deaths in the US dropping despite a spike in cases.

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Later, Kimbal Musk also repeated Elon’s claim and claimed that he had tested positive for COVID-19 in April. However, when he got himself tested for the second time, he tested negative.

In a sperate tweet, the Tesla CEO also said that there was a difference between 'died because of' COVID-19 and 'died with' COVID-19, question symptoms of the disease.

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COVID-19 in United States

The United States has reported at least 30,542 new coronavirus cases and 324 COVID related fatalities on July 1, according to the official tally. According to the reports, the health authorities have warned that there has been an increase in average daily new cases in the country along with a spike in hospitalisations.

With the easing of COVID-19 restrictions in the country, several states in the southern part of the country have recorded a huge surge in the coronavirus infections.

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