{"id":36399,"date":"2020-11-13T13:51:38","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T17:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=36399"},"modified":"2020-11-13T13:51:38","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T17:51:38","slug":"even-elon-musk-is-complaining-about-getting-different-results-after-taking-4-covid-19-tests-in-one-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=36399","title":{"rendered":"Even Elon Musk is complaining about getting different results after taking 4 COVID-19 tests in one day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\u2018Something extremely bogus is going on\u2019: Musk says he\u2019s positive &amp; negative for Covid-19 after taking 4 tests in 1 day<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><div id=\"attachment_36400\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36400\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/5fae2c0d85f54073e55b21bf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/5fae2c0d85f54073e55b21bf.jpg 768w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/5fae2c0d85f54073e55b21bf-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-36400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9  Tobias Schwarz\/Pool via REUTERS<br \/><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>RT.com<\/p>\n<p>Futurist entrepreneur Elon Musk has expressed doubts about the accuracy of coronavirus tests, after claiming to have been both diagnosed and cleared of the disease on the same day.<\/p>\n<p>The SpaceX and Tesla founder wrote on Twitter that he had been administered four tests for the virus over a 24-hour period, leading to contradictory results.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTwo tests came back negative, two came back positive. Same machine, same test, same nurse. Rapid antigen test from BD,&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0Musk said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=RT_com&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1327125840040169472&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rt.com%2Fusa%2F506551-musk-covid-tests-positive-negative%2F&amp;siteScreenName=RT_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1327125840040169472\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The tweet sparked a heated debate on social media, with some\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RayRedacted\/status\/1327125955433951236\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accusing<\/a>\u00a0the billionaire businessman of being\u00a0<em>\u201cirresponsible\u201d<\/em>\u00a0by suggesting that Covid-19 tests are unreliable.<\/p>\n<p>However, Musk paid no attention to the criticism and expressed further skepticism about the testing process in follow-messages.<\/p>\n<p>One Twitter user\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1327126667651932161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">speculated<\/a>\u00a0that Musk\u2019s apparent false-positive illustrates why countries are seeing\u00a0<em>\u201cspikes\u201d<\/em>\u00a0of the disease, to which the Tesla CEO responded:\u00a0<em>\u201cIf it\u2019s happening to me, it\u2019s happening to others.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The billionaire also agreed with a comment that noted that\u00a0<em>\u201crevenues from tests are likely not bogus &amp; very consistent.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=RT_com&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1327128527280496652&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rt.com%2Fusa%2F506551-musk-covid-tests-positive-negative%2F&amp;siteScreenName=RT_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1327128527280496652\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Musk said he was taking polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests from separate labs and that the results would be ready in about a day. He\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1327127056119902210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">explained<\/a>\u00a0that he had symptoms of a\u00a0<em>\u201ctypical cold\u201d<\/em>\u00a0but was otherwise not exhibiting any health problems purportedly linked to Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>The 49-year-old has been an outspoken critic of government response to the spread of the virus. Previously, he denounced lockdown policies adopted in countries around the world, arguing that only at-risk people should quarantine\u00a0<em>\u201cuntil the storm passes.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He also said that neither he nor his family will likely take future coronavirus vaccines once they become available, saying that the response to the pandemic has\u00a0<em>\u201cdiminished [his] faith in humanity.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/506551-musk-covid-tests-positive-negative\/\">https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/506551-musk-covid-tests-positive-negative\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Something extremely bogus is going on\u2019: Musk says he\u2019s positive &amp; negative for Covid-19 after taking 4 tests in 1 day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}