Futurist entrepreneur Elon Musk has scornfully exposed fallibility and corruption relating to coronavirus tests, after revealing he had been both diagnosed and cleared of the disease on the same day.

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.

‘Two tests came back negative, two came back positive. It was the same machine, same test, same nurse. Rapid antigen test from BD,’ Musk said.

The tweet sparked a heated debate on social media, with several accusing the billionaire businessman of being irresponsible by suggesting that Covid-19 tests are unreliable. However, Musk paid no attention to the criticism and expressed further scepticism about the testing process in follow-messages. 

One Twitter user speculated that Musk’s false-positive results illustrate why countries are seeing spikes of the disease, to which the Tesla CEO responded: ’If it’s happening to me, it’s happening to others.’

Uncovering widespread corruption, the futuristic entrepreneur agreed with a comment that noted that ‘revenues (investment returns) from tests are likely not bogus and they are very consistent.’

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 explained that he had symptoms of a typical cold but was otherwise not exhibiting any health problems purportedly linked to Covid-19.

The 49-year-old has been an outspoken opponent 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 until the storm passes.

He also said that neither he nor his family will take coronavirus vaccines once they become available, saying that the response to the pandemic has ‘diminished [his] faith in humanity.’