[DuskStar]

> You’re essentially pondering if it should be okay for a billionaire industrialist to willingly sacrifice the lives of between 1-50 people.

I was unaware that Tesla workers were slaves. Unless they aren't - in which case they would have the option to not return yet.

> If we lived in a sane world that valued EVERY individual human life above the self-serving dreams of an egotistical, arrogant sociopath, the answer would be zero.

Well, factories kill people in accidents. Not often, but it happens. Does that mean we can never reopen factories, even without disease?

> Such a question screams for a sarcastic answer: in case you haven’t noticed, Covid-19 is not the common cold.

No, it isn't. But this is a thought experiment - and an example of orgs willingly exposing masses of people to a disease.