Quote from: d_eddie on March 13, 2020, 02:03:43 AM

Quote from: BTCMILLIONAIRE on March 13, 2020, 01:59:06 AM

Quote from: Icygreen on March 13, 2020, 01:46:59 AM

I believe Torque is correct, Our overlords will absolutely blame the virus on the market movements and the FED's reaction to printing 1.5 trillion to prop it up longer. One must wonder if it was entirely engineered and timed, the virus, the panic, the markets, the money printing. Idunno Roll Eyes

Wouldn't put it past them if the WHO and other establishment organizations played it down until they got ready for some good old insider trades before ringing the alarm bells.

I'd be seriously surprised if there was anything that they could learn this late in that would shift the situation from "who cares" to "full panic". These issues are too well studied.

/tinfoil

I think all the downplaying the WHO could do is already done. They declared pandemic status already, so it's kind of a capitulation in that regard.

This doesn't mean the virus won't be the scapegoat for all the past and present market fuckery.

They downplayed it heavily early on, and only in the last few days declared pandemic.

The point I was trying to make is that they have too many resources and smart people to not know in advance where things are going.

Which begs the question: why play things down if they will later declare a pandemic?

The potential fatality rate across the globe is far too low to make any significant dent in the population, which leaves insider trading as a potential explanation.