Elon Musk Has Covid Again -- A Look at His Complicated History With Vaccinations, MandatesThe billionaire broke the news to Twitter followers earlier Monday morning.

ByEmily Rella

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Though restrictions tons and mandates might be lifting around the world, the risk of contracting Covid-19 is still as real as ever, even for those who have previously suffered from the virus.

This seems to be the case for Tesla CEO Elon Musk who announced to his 79.4 million Twitter followers early Monday morning that he had in fact come down with the virus for second time, though he remains non-symptomatic.

"Covid-19 is the virus of Theseus," Musk wrote. "How many gene changes before it's not Covid-19 anymore? I supposedly have it again (sigh), but almost no symptoms."

Musk has previously been outspoken about both Covid shelter-in-place and distancing protocols as well as vaccinations.

At the onset of the pandemic, Musk tweeted that the panic surrounding the pandemic was "dumb," before sounding off during a meeting on how he really felt once shelter-in-place orders began.

"Frankly, I would call it forcible imprisoning of people in their homes against all of, their constitutional rights, in my opinion," Musk said on aTesla earnings call backin April 2020. "It's breaking people's freedoms in ways that are horrible and wrong and not why they came to America or built this country. What the f---. Excuse me. Outrage."

He then tweeted "FREE AMERICA NOW" as lockdown restrictions began to tighten on April 29, 2020.

Later that year, Musk explained that he felt as though neither himself or his children were at a risk for the virus and that he didn't believe in widespread vaccination mandates.

“从本质上讲,是不正确的t have done a lockdown for the whole country but to have, I think, anyone who's at risk should be quarantined until the storm passes,"Musk said on an episodeof theSwaypodcast to journalist Kara Swisher

During an interview withTIMEafter being selected as the 2021 Person of the Year, Musk told the publication that he and his children had in fact been vaccinated, citing scientific evidence for the vaccine that he called "unequivocal" yet doubled down on his opposition to mandates.

"To be clear, I do support vaccines in general & covid vaccines specifically," Musk wrote on Twitter in April 2021. "In very rare cases, there is an allergic reaction, but this is easily addressed with an EpiPen."

Teslawas up a whopping79.08% year over year as of late Monday afternoon.

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Emily Rella

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Emily Rella is a Senior News Writer at Entrepreneur.com. Previously, she was an editor at Verizon Media. Her coverage spans features, business, lifestyle, tech, entertainment, and lifestyle. She is a 2015 graduate of Boston College and a Ridgefield, CT native. Find her on Twitter at @EmilyKRella.

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