What’s all the fuss about? Another coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, popped up in China—big whoop! Today, February 22, 2025, at 8:44 AM EST, the Daily Mail’s hyping it: “Another coronavirus feared to be powerful enough to spread through humans has been discovered in China. In scenes eerily reminiscent of the beginnings of Covid, researchers at the infamous Wuhan Institute of Virology detected the new strain living within bats.” Chill out—HKU5-CoV-2’s like SARS-CoV-2, sure, and tied to MERS, but we’re not heading for another pandemic. Two years after Covid’s “worst” ended, this is just lab buzz, not a plague. Markets tanked Friday, but it’s not this; it’s the economy.
Let’s cut through—Virologist Shi Zhengli, “Batwoman,” found HKU5-CoV-2 in Cell, saying it’s “a high risk of spillover to humans, either through direct transmission or facilitated by intermediate hosts.” Big deal? Nah—MERS kills a third, sure, but we’ve got tests, masks, vaccines now. Wuhan’s lab’s got a past, but bats, pangolins, minks—same old story, no outbreak here. Equities sold off, bonds rallied “risk-off,” but that’s not this virus—Friday’s Dow drop of 748 points, S&P 1.7%, Nasdaq over 2%? Blame awful econ data, not bats. University of Michigan’s 3.5% inflation outlook—highest since 1995—is spooking folks, not some lab leak.
This is overreaction city! HKU5-CoV-2’s a cousin to MERS, infiltrates like Covid, but we’re not locking down again. Consumer sentiment’s at 64.7, down 10%—people are jittery, but it’s sticky inflation at 3.5%, not Wuhan’s whispers. Existing home sales crashed to 4.08 million, services PMI’s in contraction—S&P Global says so—and that’s why markets are bleeding, not some bat virus. X posts are buzzing—“China’s cooking another scare!” (vibe, inconclusive)—but relax, it’s just noise. The market’s tanking over real pain, not pandemics.
Friday’s bloodbath, Dow’s 748-point dive, isn’t Wuhan’s fault. Walmart’s weak forecast, FedEx crashing, Jamie Dimon dumping 866,361 JP Morgan shares for $250 million—those are the red flags! Trump’s tariffs, subpar Mag 7 earnings, 100-300 P/E ratios, crypto chaos, low Put/Call ratio, even talk of a new Wuhan virus—it’s a list, but this sell-off’s rooted in bad econ, not bats. Are we freaking out over nothing? Inflation’s at 3.5%, jobs are shaky, cash is tight—HKU5-CoV-2’s a sideshow.
Don’t sweat some bat bug! That HKU5-CoV-2, MERS tie, Wuhan lab—it’s a yawn, not a yell. Sell stocks if you want, grab gold or real estate for the econ mess, but this virus won’t lock us down again. Check the proof at https://citizenwatchreport.com/is-2025s-market-crash-hiding-in-plain-sight-with-inflation-and-tariffs-exploding-7-signs-of-market-crash-warning-signs-are-blinking-red/—that’s where the real crash signals are flashing, not here. How long ‘til markets steady from 64.7 sentiment, 3.5% inflation? The wise see it—Wall Street’s spooked by data, not Wuhan. This crash is real, but it’s no pandemic.
Sources:
https://x.com/JesseCohenInv/status/1893003862568554879
https://x.com/biancoresearch/status/1893006698799079607