Elon Musk Talks Ventilators with Medtronic

Some call him a genius, others call him a conman with a questionable track record, but regardless of your opinion of Elon Musk, one thing is for sure: If Musk wants to talk ventilators, Medtronic will listen. Tweets from Musk and Medtronic triggered a heated debate over the weekend about how the world's largest public medical device company might be able to work across industries to solve problems associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. "Just had a long engineering discussion with Medtronic about state-of-the-art ventilators. Very impressive team," Musk tweeted on Saturday. Medtronic acknowledged Musk's tweet and added that addressing COVID-19 is a group effort. The company said it is grateful for the discussion with Musk and Tesla as it works across industries to solve problems and get patients and hospitals the tools they need. Medtronic ended its tweet with the sentiment that, "we're all in this together." Fans of musk welcomed the news. Screen Shot 2020-03-22 at 2.42.34 PM.png   Others were less optimistic. Screen Shot 2020-03-22 at 2.52.54 PM.png Screen Shot 2020-03-22 at 2.51.50 PM.png One reason Musk's tweet was met with so much derision is that he has previously expressed the opinion that the reaction to COVID-19 was overblown and he reportedly kept his California manufacturing facilities open even after shelter-in-place policies went into effect. He has since complied with the government's...
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