Elon Musk Says He ‘Supposedly’ Tested Positive for the CCP Virus Again

Elon Musk Says He ‘Supposedly’ Tested Positive for the CCP Virus Again
Elon Musk, founder and CEO of SpaceX, participates in a press conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on May 27, 2020. (Saul Martinez/Getty Images)
Lorenz Duchamps
3/28/2022
Updated:
3/28/2022

Tesla’s Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has “supposedly” tested positive for the CCP virus, but he is experiencing no major symptoms, the billionaire himself confirmed in a March 28 statement.

“I supposedly have it again (sigh), but almost no symptoms,” Musk said on Twitter.
Musk previously tested positive for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes the disease COVID-19, in November 2020.

The business magnate questioned the accuracy of COVID-19 tests that month after they reportedly showed he tested positive twice and then negative twice all on the same day.

“[I] am getting wildly different results from different labs, but most likely I have a moderate case of COVID,” Musk said on Twitter. “My symptoms are that of a minor cold, which is no surprise since a coronavirus is a type of cold.”

In an interview with Time magazine, which named Musk Time’s 2021 Person of the Year, the billionaire confirmed that he has been vaccinated.
Elon Musk attends TIME Person of the Year in New York City on Dec. 13, 2021. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for TIME)
Elon Musk attends TIME Person of the Year in New York City on Dec. 13, 2021. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for TIME)
During that interview, Musk also expressed his view on COVID-19 vaccine mandates, saying he believes that such policies should not be put in place in the United States.

“Yes, yeah. I’m very pro-vaccination. The science is unequivocal, I’ve tweeted to that effect,” Musk said.

“But by the same token I am against forcing people to be vaccinated,” he added. “You know, I think this is just not something we should do in America. I think we should encourage people to be vaccinated, strongly try to convince them to be vaccinated, but not force them to be vaccinated, or for example, for them to get vaccinated or get fired.”

Musk was recently seen dancing and joking with fans as he oversaw the handover of Tesla’s first German-made cars at its Gruenhide plant in Germany last week.

Tesla has hiked the prices of its cars in the recent past, citing inflationary pressures, and has said it would not launch new models this year due to supply-chain headwinds.

Reuters contributed to this report.