Tesla CEO has once again become the target of wrath from Twitterati. The technology entrepreneur and designer of SpaceX made a very insensitive tweet on Coronavirus, the deadly disease which has claimed over 3,000 lives globally. There is a certain panic among people globally as the infected cases rise to about a lakh and no definite cure for it yet. Musk who is known for making arbitrary tweets time and again, this time targetted the Coronavirus panic. On March 7, he tweeted, "The coronavirus panic is dumb." His statement was quite shocking for most netizens who have slammed him targetting his millionaire status. The tweet quickly gathered nearly 200,000 likes and more than 40,000 retweets but the reactions were mostly angry. Elon Musk Drops ‘Don’t Doubt Ur Vibe’ Electronic Song on SoundCloud and It’s an Earworm Already!

As the cases of Coronavirus continue to rise globally, several companies in Silicon Valley have advised employees to work from home. Apple Inc was the latest company which asked its employees to work from home. Several conferences and large gatherings have also been postponed or cancelled in wake of the fear of the rapidly spreading pandemic. As of now, there are 240 cases reported in the US for COVID-19 and over 14 are dead. People are panic buying everywhere. In all of the grim situation, Musk called it "dumb". Netizens were not impressed and slammed him. Here are Elon Musk's Top 5 Quirkiest Tweets of 2019.

Check Elon Musk's Tweet on Coronavirus:

Fix It With a Submarine?

Quarantine Him!

Shrink Him Into a Virus

We Don't Live in a Program

Billionaires Don't Care About Dying

Utter Disregard

Clearly, netizens were not impressed with his disregard and more of an ignorant attitude about the situation. This is not the first time, Musk has made such tweets. Back in January, he posted a video of him dancing at Tesla's Shanghai event. He later wrote, he did it so he could improve the search for him on Pornhub! The billionaire had joked that his NSFW moves were in a bid to increase his followers on the XXX website.

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