Mega-rich tech ‘creep’ breaks silence on $100K request: ‘No regrets’

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Silicon Valley businessman Steve Kirsch offered the sum to a female plane passenger if she would remove her mask for their entire flight. After backlash, he talked to The Post.

I am on board a Delta flight right now,” he wrote in his first post, which has been viewed more than 32 million times. “The person sitting next to me in first-class refused $100,000 to remove her mask for the entire flight. No joke. This was after I explained they don’t work. She works for a pharma company.

“I asked her why she was wearing a mask,” he explained. “She said she was going to see her daughter and wanted to protect herself against COVID-19.” The woman said she would turn down the sum of money, with Kirsch claiming it “highlights the insanity some people have.”“I just wanted to understand how people believe this s–t,” he added.

However, the publication reported that he has since become a skeptic about authorized COVID vaccines and has spread “misinformation” about the pandemic online. is complete with links to articles that are also skeptical of COVID mandates and masking practices.

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