Canadian truck drivers led a convoy through the province of Ontario to protest against mandatory COVID vaccines.
It's true that Canadian drivers have spent years battling terrible working conditions, but it's unfortunate that they're focusing their anger at vaccines, which are an effective way to not die from CO.
All that nuance seems to be lost on Musk, who went on a rant on Thursday that was unhinged even by his standards.
If you scare people enough, they will demand the removal of freedom.
He added in a separate message that freedom is being stripped away one piece at a time.
He may be trying to curry favor with his car company's future customers. On Wednesday, ahead of the company's quarterly earnings call,Tesla unveiled a fleet of new electric trucks.
Musk is pushing for fully self-driving technologies that could one day replace humans behind the wheel.
It's not the first time Musk has ranted about freedom and spread misinformation. In March 2020 he called for an end to local lockdowns that were put in place to protect workers during the early stages of the Pandemic. His factory in the Bay Area was forced to close down because of a hit to his bottom line.
Reports later revealed that many workers at theTesla factory caught the coronaviruses.
Musk has repeatedly cast doubt on the effectiveness of vaccine hesitancy narratives.
Despite the deaths of COVID-related people topping charts this week, officials are vastly overplaying the severity of the situation. During his rant on Thursday, Musk again played into paranoid conspiracy theories about officials overestimating the death toll.
Thousands of Americans are succumbing to the virus, most of whom are still unvaccinated, despite the fact that highly effective vaccines have been available for many months.
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said last week that those who remain unvaccinated are at higher risk for infections. Boosters reduce the risk of hospitalization.
Protesting the vaccine mandates will ensure that the number of deaths related to COVID remains high.
As always, Musk's motives remain murky, and he decided to throw his full weight behind that.
A convoy against vaccine mandates rolls through Ontario.
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