U.S. expert say time to stock on food

[SCOTT FITZGERSLD]

I do not mean to spread panick, and don't want to be panicked myself,

but in the video below you can hear a credible american expert

explaining the current corona situation and say it is going to get

much worse in the next few weeks and even advice - for americans in the U.S.- to

start piling on food !!

 

the youtube name is:  Why The Time To Prepare For The Coronavirus Is *NOW*

 

 

[Grumpy John]

I've been watching Chris's daily updates for the last week and he seems to be a forthright presenter using facts instead of hyperbole.  Another interesting youtuber is serpentza who I have followed for a few years.  Serpentza, Winston, worked with doctors in China and has made friends with many doctors in China.....and keeps in contactwith them.

[gargamon]

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/02/coronavirus-youtube-creators/

 

Little-known YouTube accounts are trying to capitalize off fears about the coronavirus to gain viral clout—and for some, it’s paying off.

Video creators are cranking out content that, in many cases, spreads alarm, unsubstantiated claims, scams, and sometimes outright disinformation. And a lot of them are trying to make money off of it.

“He’s not trying to portray himself as someone who works in a lab.”

While YouTube seems to have adjusted its algorithms to prioritize content from authoritative sources and stifle the reach and virality of videos from other creators, a handful of them are still seeping through the cracks and spreading widely on the platform or other social media sites.

One popular series on the virus is produced by a personal finance guru with a history of pushing economic theories about peak oil and other resource crunches, but who has recently rebranded as a pandemic expert as news coverage of the virus has exploded.

“I’m here with a really important message about the coronavirus,” Chris Martenson, one of the founders of the financial website Peak Prosperity, says at the beginning of a video entitled “Coronavirus Is Worse Than You’ve Been Told: Scientist Explains.”

“Unfortunately if you’ve been reading the news you’ve either been under-informed or misinformed about what this virus really is. It’s a very serious thing,” he continues. “To get more updates, please come by [my website]. We have a place for subscribers who want to go a little deeper and get some good advice about what they can do.”

While the website offers some articles on the coronavirus, it also highlights something called “Our Recommended Pandemic Preparations”—only available in a section for paid subscribers.

While Martenson calls himself a scientist in the video’s titles, his claim to the label is, according to him, based on a 1994 PhD from Duke’s Department of Pathology where he specialized in toxicology. While he published scientific research in the ’90s, for at least the last decade Martenson has focused on predicting stagflation and other large shifts in financial markets.

While YouTube seems to have adjusted its algorithms to prioritize content from authoritative sources and stifle the reach and virality of videos from other creators, a handful of them are still seeping through the cracks and spreading widely on the platform or other social media sites.

One popular series on the virus is produced by a personal finance guru with a history of pushing economic theories about peak oil and other resource crunches, but who has recently rebranded as a pandemic expert as news coverage of the virus has exploded.

“He’s not a practicing physician, he’s just a guy with a science background who’s taken an interest in this virus,” said Dr. Angela Hewlett, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, who clarified that she didn’t see anything in Martenson’s videos that gave her cause for concern.

Adam Taggart, a co-founder of Peak Prosperity, initially explained the company’s mission to Mother Jones as “scientists making sense of the world.” When pressed on his scientific credentials, Taggart noted that he had an MBA but had studied pre-med as an undergraduate, and instead pointed to his colleague’s background. 

“If Chris is asked what he is he would say, ‘I’m a researcher who was trained as a scientist.’ He’s not trying to portray himself as someone who works in a lab,” Taggart said, explaining that Martenson and Peak Prosperity have previously deviated from financial topics to make sense of global issues, pointing to work on Fukushima, Monsanto’s Roundup pesticide, and “diet and nutrition issues.”

“People are just hungry for information.”

Until he started making coronavirus videos a few days ago, Martenson’s videos nearly exclusively focused on finance. His second video on the outbreak—“Coronavirus Is Worse Than You’ve Been Told: Scientist Explains”—accrued over 700,000 views, a massive spike from his usual view counts, which hovered in the thousands and low tens of thousands.

 

 

 

[FritsSikkink]

"US expert", he is full of <deleted>

[SCOTT FITZGERSLD]

3 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

US expert

I MEANT BETTER ON CHINESE OR THAI EXPERT, WHO TELLS YOU

THAT FARANG WHO DON'T WEAR MASKS MUST BE KICKED OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

[Curt1591]

During my working career, in Southern California, I spent much of my time working in peoples homes. In over 20 years, in an active earthquake region, I only came across 2 families prepared for any disaster. They were both Mormons. 

Too many people expect to be taken care of by others. They don't realize that, when the poop hits the paddle, others will also look to others for their needs. Many of the "have nots" will be paying visits to the "haves". 

[PatOngo]

What is the shelf life of hotdogs and hamburgers? Coke should last forever!

[Matzzon]

Sure Scott, you go on believing your experts on Youtube. Good luck with life.

[jastheace]

6 minutes ago, Curt1591 said:

Many of the "have nots" will be paying visits to the "haves". 

that's my plan. hope there's enough 'haves' to go around for us 'have nots'

[jastheace]

1 minute ago, Matzzon said:

Sure Scott, you go on believing your experts on Youtube. Good luck with life.

i'm amazed you understood his post. I do not have a scooby doo what he's on about. bad batch of weed?

 

[Olmate]

1 minute ago, jastheace said:

i'm amazed you understood his post. I do not have a scooby doo what he's on about. bad batch of weed?

 

Scot me stuffed too

[Curt1591]

12 minutes ago, jastheace said:

that's my plan. hope there's enough 'haves' to go around for us 'have nots'

And, they say there is no reason anyone would need an assault weapon! 

[Chivas]

22 minutes ago, Matzzon said:

Sure Scott, you go on believing your experts on Youtube. Good luck with life.

Fella you dont need to watch youtube videos to grasp how dangerous this current situation is. Not a pandemic yet but another 195 lives lost (probably today the 9th) and it will be.

[sungod]

24 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

What is the shelf life of hotdogs and hamburgers? Coke should last forever!

Not sure, but I was told by another u tube expert (you can find it on the 'believe anything channel, just donate here' ) that the average American can survive up to 78 days without food due to the excess fat they are carrying.

[Kelsall]

Watched the first 1.5 minutes.  He said nothing worthwhile.

[Denim]

Oh, and don't forget to press the like and subscribe button if you want to listen to more BS.

[Surelynot]

What a load of b******s. You'd have to have suffered a frontal lobotomy to believe this. He is going to kill more people than the virus.

[Dcheech]

58 minutes ago, Grumpy John said:

Another interesting youtuber is serpentza who I have followed for a few years.  Serpentza, Winston, worked with doctors in China and has made friends with many doctors in China.....and keeps in contactwith them.

Edited 1 hour ago by Grumpy John

First getting your news off You Tube is flipping sad. Have you seen the expats that put out content about Thailand?! Need I say more?

 

However serpentza I will give credence too. 

 

Minimizing your time in public, high density areas has already been recommended. I have already stocked up. Got those bricks of Mama.

Naturally, I also have picked up a larger than normal share of alcohol; Myers, Jamisons, Austin nichols, Bacardi. Disinfectant is good to have around the house and ready for use.

[BritManToo]

Have any white folks even been infected yet?

[lovesthespicy]

I've actually watched a bunch of his videos since this began. Hes very conspiracy like. Its entertaining but you gotta know when you see hyperbole. I'm not some "the flu is worse" guy either. I'm very concerned about the virus. 

 

I'd suggest "medcram" if you want to watch a doctor who's level headed on youtube talk about this.

 

[lovesthespicy]

8 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Have any white folks even been infected yet?

yes

[soalbundy]

1 hour ago, FritsSikkink said:

"US expert", he is full of <deleted>

full of potential? What a lot of old cobblers, "call this a virus, show me something worthwhile."  "A little Ebola perhaps sir it's on special offer this month." "Does it come with a face mask?" "A free months supply, I think you'll be satisfied, 80% mortality."

[GeorgeCross]

chris martenson will say whatever you need to hear in order to buy his 'special reports'

 

this guy on the other hand does this stuff for a living:

 

 

10 Key Video Points

1. 50,000 new cases a day in china

2. Infections doubling every 5 days

3. Death rate is still unknown

4. China likely to peak in March

5. Epidemic peak is still a month away

6. It will be very hard to control this epidemic the say way we did with SARS 15-20 years ago

7. Cases are always underestimated

8. Death delays are as long as three weeks

9. Reported deaths outside China are not reassuring because of delays

10. We still don't know the full effects

 

 

 

 

 

[GeorgeCross]

33 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Have any white folks even been infected yet?

5 brits in a ski resort right now, infected by another brit returning from singapore business trip and another brit on the cruise ship. but lets be frank i don't think the virus cares about skin color

[Salerno]

14 minutes ago, GeorgeCross said:

5 brits in a ski resort right now

Doesn't actually answer the question.

 

13 minutes ago, GeorgeCross said:

lets be frank i don't think the virus cares about skin color

Agreed.

 

[Skallywag]

New series Pandemic on Netflix may be worth watching, for those believing in the viral Apocalypse 

 

[Skallywag]

Booze, bullets, and cigarettes is what you should stock up on.  With those 3 things you can trade or take anything you want from those who have it.  Some bandages and pain killers would be prudent also.  

 

[BritManToo]

39 minutes ago, GeorgeCross said:

5 brits in a ski resort right now, infected by another brit returning from singapore business trip and another brit on the cruise ship. but lets be frank i don't think the virus cares about skin color

They carefully don't specify their ethnicity, not all Brits are Caucasians.

[Tayaout]

Stopped watching his videos after a couple one. While I think the situation could be serious and I already stocked on food, I think this YouTuber is only trying to increase his subscribers count. 

[Tayaout]

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Have any white folks even been infected yet?

Caucasian German and Canadian for sure. Not sure about some brits and American.