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Okay, a day off for the markets, so let’s talk COVID. Here’s a thought I had this morning, and I haven’t seen this idea anywhere else, so take it for what it’s worth…
Here is the data as I understand it –
- COVID originated in China (maybe, maybe not, but let’s say for the sake of an argument that it did)
- China went into an immediate and extremely strict lockdown https://www.express.co.uk/travel/articles/1257717/china-lockdown-how-long-was-china-lockdown-timeframe-wuhan
- It caught the rest of the world unprepared and they reacted slowly (whether you buy into its severity or not)
- Once the rest of the world did react, it was too late to contain the virus and it spread (again, whether you buy into its severity or not)
- China, however fared very well (see the table below)
Okay, so let’s couple this data with a basic idea to use when you are investigating a story that seems confusing… follow the money. What has happened to the world economy since the virus emerged? Here’s a table I built that shows deaths per 1 million people, and GDP rate of change.
| Total | GDP Change | ||
| Deaths/1M | Last | Previous | |
| China | 3 | 11.5% | -10.0% |
| UK | 611 | -20.4% | -2.2% |
| USA | 583 | -31.7% | -5.0% |
| France | 471 | -13.8% | -5.9% |
| Canada | 242 | -11.5% | -2.1% |
| Germany | 112 | -9.7% | -2.0% |
| India | 52 | 0.7% | 0.9% |
| Hong Kong | 13 | -0.1% | -5.3% |
| Japan | 11 | -7.8% | -0.6% |
(https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/gdp-growth-rate)
(https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/)
So who has benefitted the most, economically speaking, since the world has been locked down? China, with a GDP growth last quarter of +11.5%. So here’s the thing, if you follow the money, maybe this was nothing more than economic warfare. Maybe this is China’s way of a simple and easy, bloodless, free, economic global conquest. Let the leading economic powerhouses shutdown their own economies for them. If China has any influence in the WHO, IMF, or the World Bank, it makes it even easier. Follow the money. Thoughts?
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WUHOO !
https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2020/08/18/wuhan-water-park-party-lon-orig-mrg.cnn
Excellent analysis Ken, and very reasonable. I said to people shortly after this got going in March that China’s President did this (possibly actually released the virus on purpose) to have an excuse for China’s economic deterioration that was starting to accelerate. He needed to deflect criticism of his leadership, cement his rule for longer than his expected term and as you show, actually boost China’s economy relative to the rest of the world.
It’s a possibiltiy, but I think it would be coupled with a desire by many in power worldwide to see a Marxist takeover and totalitarian rule all over the globe. Notice that all those that were hardest hit economically are democracies.
This is a logical thesis. Perhaps China has bribed the heads of WHO, World Bank and IMF who in turn have bribed the leaders of the west, except Trump. As Trump is not playing the game, “they” want him removed in any way possible; including funding BLM etc. to create chaos in the USA.
Brilliant KenS !
Well done !
Notice in Wuhan they are in Party mode already
Did you see the huge bash at a waterpark with thousands of people toe to toe and entertainment and NO masks
How come there is not talk of a second wave there ?
How come they still have almost no cases nor deaths
How come only one province was hit and the rest of China spared.
How come the whole world accepted that the Chinese isolated the cause of pneumonia cases in Wuhan and sent the genome of the “virus” to everyone else ?
Brilliant on the part of Chinese Commies and brilliant analysis
Go to the head of the class
They are probably using HCQ widely both as a theraputic and prophalactic.
…just like India, as implied by this article from Aug 17th. All the health workers in this study about using face shields who became infected with Covid-19 were treated with HCQ and all recovered.
https://nofacemask.blogspot.com/2020/09/jama-covid-infected-health-workers-in.html
The Chinese government has no allies and doesn’t need any. I think they work differently in international relations than everyone else.
June 2020 –> Coronavirus: China’s plan to test everyone in Wuhan –> https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-52651651
Sept 2020 –> China parties like it’s 2019 –> https://www.ft.com/content/548e151d-39ae-4c6d-9241-b36c3de687b0
How long does it take for a vaccine to produce CV-19 anti-bodies? Why it’s almost as if the entire city got vaccinated simultaneously – hmmm – now when could this possibly have occurred. And no face masks in evidence at the September party either.
SILK ROAD PROJECT –> China/Russia and India are all playing major supportive roles.
Add Russia to above table –> Russia 0.3 0.5 Mar/20 (from the link in KenS analysis).
Excellent observations KenS!
It wasn’t the virus causing the restrictions in China, it was the government causing the restrictions. Yesterday they declared the virus to be a threat to the nation and today they declare it to be just another common, seasonal, flu-like illness. Tomorrow they’ll declare it to be whatever suits them. It works with people too. Lin Biao was declared to be a hero in 49, then declared to be Mao’s successor in 66 and then… declared to be dead in plane crash in 1971. Things just move faster these days! The Chinese people don’t believe anything their government tells them. Why should we, or anyone else trust them?