Real Wealth Show: Real Estate Investing Podcast Health Watch: Coronavirus Facts with Chris Martenson, Peak Prosperity
"What's all this nonsense about? People are freaking out over nothing. More people die from the flu and no one freaks out about getting the flu. I'm hosting my event anyway. The strong can attend, the weak can stay home. I'm going to live my life as normal. I'm definitely still taking that trip." These are a just a few of the things people are talking about on Facebook.
There's a lot of talk out there. A lot of confusion. A lot of people spreading false information. False cures. False conspiracy theories. Like the idea that COVID-19 was made in a lab, that it was created as a political attack against Trump to bring down the economy and wipe out his voter base, and that the powers that be wanted an excuse to reset the economy... I was one of those people in denial about 2 weeks ago. I was flying across the country, going to large events with 700+ people, shaking hands, sharing food and drinks... and now I don't want to even leave my house. In fact, this morning, Friday the 13th, I woke up like I was in a horror movie. My daughter is in Prague for her semester abroad. She has a few friends there and thought it would be OK to stay and travel Europe while everything is on sale. She wasn't worried because she's 20 and not really the demographic for a coronavirus zombie attack. But she woke me up on Facetime in tears because all borders are about to shut down, everyone has to stay inside, and she wasn't sure if she could get home. We booked a flight immediately to leave first thing in the morning, and are hoping it won't be cancelled. These are scary times. Today's show is going to address what's really going on and whether or not we should be concerned. Whether it's just a bad flu, or a hoax. A couple of weeks ago I started to listen to my friend and colleague Chris Martenson. Chris is a PhD from Duke, and MBA from Cornell and spends his time geeking out as an economic researcher and futurist specializing in energy and resource depletion. He is co-founder of PeakProsperity.com (along with Adam Taggart). As one of the early econo-bloggers who forecasted the housing market collapse and stock market correction years in advance, Chris rose to prominence with the launch of his seminal video seminar: The Crash Course which has also been published in book form (Wiley, March 2011). Over the last month, he's been obsessively tracking the coronavirus, and has been helping the rest of us understand what's really going on. Definitely go listen to his YouTube videos. Just search Chris Martenson, Peak Prosperity, and you will be more informed than most politicians. And definitely ahead of the curve in protecting yourself, your family and your assets.