Lex, I get that you are disinclined to just internalize that the Evil Communist Government is perpetrating a huge cover-up.  I do find Jamie Metzl's perspective to be pretty compelling.   But then I already had come to similar conclusions before ever hearing Jamie. His posited 50 million dead is a VAST overreach IMHO. <br><br>What does have to be factored in however is:  The US economy (the leading Capitalist economy on the Planet)  is nearly wholly dependent China's (The leading Communist economy on the Planet)  continued willingness to invest in our existing debt and even more so, her willingness to continue to float us loans going forward.