Virus Skeptic Musk Donates Ventilators in What Governor Calls ‘Heroic Effort’
- Billionaire had said on Twitter that virus panic is ‘dumb’
- Tesla idled California plant only after dueling with officials
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Elon Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla Inc. and an outspoken skeptic of the severity of the coronavirus outbreak, donated more than 1,000 ventilators to officials in Los Angeles to meet demand as the pandemic becomes more severe.