If you thought the internet was done talking about Karens or Elon Musk, you were dead wrong. And Twitter offered us an unholy amalgam of the two this weekend. The SpaceX founder tweeted on Friday that "something extremely bogus is going on," regarding Covid-19 tests.
Something extremely bogus is going on. Was tested for covid four times today. Two tests came back negative, two came back positive. Same machine, same test, same nurse. Rapid antigen test from BD.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 13, 2020
The tweet, unsurprisingly, was not well received. While many people resolved to call Elon Musk a "pos" and decry his penchant for fueling conspiracy theories, doctors and academics instead called him out in the best way they know how: with facts and statistics. While we admire every own, it was Dr. Emma Bell of Toronto, Ontario that delivered the harshest blow. In their takedown tweet, they refer to Elon Musk as "Space Karen." The nickname was received far better than Musk's cringey tweet. We've put together some of the best reactions to Musk's tweet and subsequent Karen-dom, but we're willing to bet you'll find more goodies on Twitter.
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Something extremely bogus is going on. Was tested for covid four times today. Two tests came back negative, two came back positive. Same machine, same test, same nurse. Rapid antigen test from BD.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 13, 2020
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Rapid antigen tests trade sensitivity for speed. They return a result in <30 minutes, but can only detect COVID-19 when you're absolutely riddled with it. What's bogus is that Space Karen didn't read up on the test before complaining to his millions of followers. pic.twitter.com/a1Snfpm03h
— Emma Bell PhD (@emmabell42) November 14, 2020
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This graphs shows the probability of COVID-19 detection for the available tests. Rapid antigen tests (orange) only give low false negative results for a couple of days. Space Karen's results (2 neg, followed by 2 pos later that day) are completely in line with this. pic.twitter.com/hnX9J1m7Lk
— Emma Bell PhD (@emmabell42) November 14, 2020
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— Emma Bell PhD (@emmabell42) November 14, 2020
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I will never not laugh at Space Karen https://t.co/InvR5sTRMy pic.twitter.com/92vQfIyzHi
— dan hett (@danhett) November 16, 2020
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Live footage of me clicking to see why "Space Karen" is trending: pic.twitter.com/bzSPtk0j4v
— TimOS 3.4 Amazon FC Ambassador (United Ireland) (@gothytim) November 16, 2020
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Space Karen’s genius prediction. pic.twitter.com/L0bivEaS9l
— Scott (@bassdubware) November 16, 2020
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I’m going back to bed as nothing I write today will better ‘Space Karen’. https://t.co/mbMYB4CKQ4
— Danielle Ward (@captainward) November 16, 2020
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No surprises this person is a doctor.
— 🏳️🌈 Mary ChristMax 🏳️🌈 (@SpillerOfTea) November 16, 2020
You’d need at least a PhD to come up with the nugget of pure fucking genius that is ‘Space Karen’. https://t.co/Bgc5HpNFMb
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This website collectively calling Elon Musk "Space Karen" right now is pretty fantastic
— The Serfs (@theserfstv) November 16, 2020
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Remember last year when space karen said covid-19 was no biggie? I do. https://t.co/XnztSwhfXK
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) November 16, 2020
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Not wild about the whole Karen thing but Space Karen as a nickname here is inspired. https://t.co/S9nBTuZcaV
— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) November 16, 2020
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The problem is that people think @elonmusk is a formally trained scientist..... or formally educated in every topic he comments on. He usually just says nonsense when it comes to science outside of what his advisers tell him about.
— Vaccinate your kids (@Vote4Science734) November 15, 2020
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Couldn't understand why "Space Karen" was trending on Twitter. That name's going to hang around like a fart in a pressure suit... https://t.co/JzlFrGEoZf
— Iain Thomson (@iainthomson) November 16, 2020
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