Since you are posting about the stock market and the effects of the virus, I wanted to ask a more general about gold and silver. I am seeing a rather unprecedented occurence. Historically when the market sells of, gold and silver prices go up. But during this sell off the opposite is happening and I can't find an explanation except I am prepared to take advantage of it.

There is more to all of this in regards to history but i really would like to understand this.

Does anyone have an explanation as to what is going on?

Inherited a bunch of stocks from my late Dad that's now in my own will.
Not worried about the plunge. Stupid to sell now. The share prices will all climb back up when the scare goes away.
It's possible the latest pandemic may kill this old dino; but whenever I get to take my dirt nap, I won't care.

See the Four Corners documentary on coronavirus, about 45 minutes long. See if you think the Chinese government's reaction to the doctors who starting trying to figure this out makes any sense. To me it doesn't.

Liquidated most of my equities in light of this. Tough to do in this market. I hope I’m wrong...

This virus changes very quickly. And it appears to have a segment mid-RNA much like HIV. Seems to be man-made to this observer.

Yes, Zerohedge started it. Certainly seems plausible.

Over the past few days, the mainstream press has vigorously pushed back against a theory about the origins of the coronavirus that has now infected as many as 70,000+ people in Wuhan alone (depending on whom you believe). The theory is that China obtained the coronavirus via a Canadian research program, and started molding it into a bioweapon at the Institute of Virology in Wuhan. Politifact pointed the finger at Zero Hedge, in particular, though the story was widely shared across independent-leaning media.

The theory is that the virus, which was developed by infectious disease experts to function as a bio-weapon, originated in the Wuhan-based lab of Dr. Peng Zhou, China’s preeminent researcher of bat immune systems, specifically in how their immune systems adapt to the presence of viruses like coronavirus and other destructive viruses. Somehow, the virus escaped from the lab, and the Hunan fish market where the virus supposedly originated is merely a ruse.
Now, a respected epidemiologist who recently caught flack for claiming in a twitter threat that the virus appeared to be much more contagious than initially believed is pointing out irregularities in the virus’s genome that suggests it might have been genetically engineered for the purposes of a weapon, and not just any weapon but the deadliest one of all.
In “Uncanny similarity of unique inserts in the 2019-nCoV spike protein to HIV-1 gp120 and Gag“, Indian researchers are baffled by segments of the virus’s RNA that have no relation to other coronaviruses like SARS, and instead appear to be closer to HIV. The virus even responds to treatment by HIV medications.

There is disturbing evidence that this novel coronavirus might be a genetically engineered bioweapon that escaped the research lab in Wuhan. The animal market as the origin of the infection may be a ruse.