Lawrence Lepard: Our Covid Response Has Been "Orwellian"
Lawrence joined me to talk Covid, the Ivermectin controversy, China, bitcoin, gold and sound money.
I spoke to Lawrence Lepard on Friday of this week on a number of topics.
Larry manages the EMA GARP Fund, a Boston based investment management firm. Their strategy is focused on providing "Monetary Debasement Insurance". He has 38 years experience and an MBA from Harvard Business School. And he likes to curse. On Twitter he is @LawrenceLepard.
On this podcast, we talk about:
China hoarding gold and whether or not they will implement a digital gold backed Yuan.
The U.S. government’s response to Covid
Australia’s response to Covid
The importance of sound money and how Lawrence thinks the U.S. monetary system is eventually going to collapse.
How the media handled talking about Ivermectin in response to the news that Joe Rogan has Covid.
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Thanks for the great podcast Chris. I have a question though: Which ivermectin meta-analysis are you referring to? With all the noise out there, I don't really have time to dig deep into this, but in a cursory search I've found a number of meta-analyses that are positive, one that is negative, and another that is inconclusive. I am not professionally trained in medicine or virology, but I am a chemist who is familiar with research literature...
Positive:
https://academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ofid/ofab358/6316214
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34145166/
https://swprs.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/andrew_hill_ivermectin_slides_december_2020.pdf
Negative
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34181716/
Uncertain:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34318930/
I saw the article in Nature that describes the flaws of the Egyptian research : https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02081-w
Though it may be correct, I the article seems highly biased to me, with the big headline "Flawed ivermectin preprint..." and little mention of other ivermectin studies that have yielded results.
This gets to me. The fact of the matter is that the high-profile journals Nature and Science journals are far from objective reporters of scientific research. Take a look at their editorials. Those journals have abandoned the objectivity required by true scientific research. And then they have the nerve to tell people to "trust the science". Talk to Dave Collum if you want a quality rant on this subject.
Back to the point though, I wonder what you think about this website:
https://ivmmeta.com/
Again, I neither have time to really go into the details, nor am I a doctor or virologist. However, I do have many years of experience in analyzing data. I can tell you, if the data presented there is accurate, I'd bet all the money I have on ivermectin's side.