Gerald Celente: Coronavirus fears are overhyped; the hysteria is not justified

The fear around the coronavirus around the world has now escalated but the relatively small fatality rate don't justify all the hysteria, said Gerald Celente, publisher of The Trends Journal.

"Fear is an easy thing to sell, whether it's in war, or weather, or this, but the numbers aren't showing it," Celente told Kitco News.

Gerald Celente is a pioneer trend strategist and founder of The Trends Research Institute. He is the author of the national bestseller Trends 2000: How to Prepare for and Profit from the Changes of the 21st Century and publisher of the internationally circulated Trends Journal newsletter. Gerald Celente is a political atheist. Unencumbered by political dogma, rigid ideology or conventional wisdom, Celente, whose motto is "think for yourself," observes and analyzes the current events forming future trends for what they are - not for the way he wants them to be. Gerald Celente has earned his reputation as "The most trusted name in trends" by accurately forecasting hundreds of social, business, consumer, environmental, economic, political, entertainment, and technology trends.