{"id":475292,"date":"2020-09-07T09:56:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T13:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=475292"},"modified":"2020-09-07T11:13:56","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T15:13:56","slug":"follow-the-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=475292","title":{"rendered":"Follow the Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, a day off for the markets, so let\u2019s talk COVID.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a thought I had this morning, and I haven\u2019t seen this idea anywhere else, so take it for what it\u2019s worth\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Here is the data as I understand it \u2013<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>COVID originated in China (maybe, maybe not, but let\u2019s say for the sake of an argument that it did)<\/li>\n<li>China went into an immediate and extremely strict lockdown <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/travel\/articles\/1257717\/china-lockdown-how-long-was-china-lockdown-timeframe-wuhan\">https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/travel\/articles\/1257717\/china-lockdown-how-long-was-china-lockdown-timeframe-wuhan<\/a><\/li>\n<li>It caught the rest of the world unprepared and they reacted slowly (whether you buy into its severity or not)<\/li>\n<li>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)<\/li>\n<li>China, however fared very well (see the table below)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Okay, so let\u2019s couple this data with a basic idea to use when you are investigating a story that seems confusing\u2026 follow the money.\u00a0 What has happened to the world economy since the virus emerged?\u00a0 Here\u2019s a table I built that shows deaths per 1 million people, and GDP rate of change.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"357\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"80\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"112\">Total<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"165\">GDP Change<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"80\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"112\">Deaths\/1M<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">Last<\/td>\n<td width=\"100\">Previous<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"80\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/coronavirus\/country\/china\/\">China<\/a><\/u><\/td>\n<td width=\"112\"><strong>3<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"65\"><strong>11.5%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"100\"><strong>-10.0%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"80\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/coronavirus\/country\/uk\/\">UK<\/a><\/u><\/td>\n<td width=\"112\">611<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\"><strong>-20.4%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"100\"><strong>-2.2%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"80\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/coronavirus\/country\/us\/\">USA<\/a><\/u><\/td>\n<td width=\"112\">583<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\"><strong>-31.7%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"100\"><strong>-5.0%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"80\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/coronavirus\/country\/france\/\">France<\/a><\/u><\/td>\n<td width=\"112\">471<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\"><strong>-13.8%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"100\"><strong>-5.9%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"80\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/coronavirus\/country\/canada\/\">Canada<\/a><\/u><\/td>\n<td width=\"112\">242<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\"><strong>-11.5%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"100\"><strong>-2.1%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"80\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/coronavirus\/country\/germany\/\">Germany<\/a><\/u><\/td>\n<td width=\"112\">112<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\"><strong>-9.7%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"100\"><strong>-2.0%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"80\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/coronavirus\/country\/india\/\">India<\/a><\/u><\/td>\n<td width=\"112\">52<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\"><strong>0.7%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"100\"><strong>0.9%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"80\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/coronavirus\/country\/china-hong-kong-sar\/\">Hong Kong<\/a><\/u><\/td>\n<td width=\"112\">13<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\"><strong>-0.1%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"100\"><strong>-5.3%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"80\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/coronavirus\/country\/japan\/\">Japan<\/a><\/u><\/td>\n<td width=\"112\">11<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\"><strong>-7.8%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"100\"><strong>-0.6%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/country-list\/gdp-growth-rate\">https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/country-list\/gdp-growth-rate<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/coronavirus\/\">https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/coronavirus\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>So who has benefitted the most, economically speaking, since the world has been locked down?\u00a0 China, with a GDP <strong>growth<\/strong> last quarter of +11.5%.\u00a0 So here\u2019s the thing, if you follow the money, maybe this was nothing more than economic warfare.\u00a0 Maybe this is China\u2019s way of a simple and easy, bloodless, free, economic global conquest.\u00a0 Let the leading economic powerhouses shutdown their own economies for them. \u00a0\u00a0If China has any influence in the WHO, IMF, or the World Bank, it makes it even easier.\u00a0 Follow the money.\u00a0 Thoughts?<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>ADDED ( BY FGC)<\/p>\n<p>WUHOO !<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WUWHO.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WUWHO-300x175.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-475304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WUWHO-300x175.png 300w, 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