PART 1:
It's been a VERY long time since I posted
here--well over a year--but there have been some astonishing end times developments in the world, so I felt compelled to comment on what's been happening.
It's now March 2020. There's a strange new
virus making its way around the world, known by Coronavirus, or COVID-19,
or the "Wuhan Flu," or as Trump likes to say "the Chinese
flu" (which sends all of the media into a complete meltdown for his
"insensitivity" to the Chinese). Because—call me crazy—that's where
it started. In China. But hey, it's the media, so what do you expect? But there's
just so much to say abut this thing I'm just gonna dive right in.
First off, because China held back
information about this virus for weeks--especially not informing the WHO as far
as correct numbers of those who were catching it, those who were infected, and
those who died from it—all of the global numbers we have for the virus are
skewed. To this day (about 3 months since the first breakout) we still don't have
full knowledge and all the medical information about what's transpired in China, and we probably never will.
The virus, from what we can tell, came
from the Wuhan area—a city of several million people—and home to at least
two infectious disease laboratories (if not more--one of which is funded by
none other than George Soros). The standard thought is that the virus
was either purposely let out of the lab, or removed from the lab by
mistake, due to an employee's negligence in not following strict hazardous
materials protocols. But no matter how it happened, it was soon discovered to
be extremely contagious and extremely virulent. Thousands upon
thousands of people around the world now have this virus, which ranges in
symptoms from next to nothing, to cold-like symptoms, to flu like symptoms, to death,
depending on the health of the person, and which strain they catch (there now
are believed to be 2 separate strains). Some anticipate that upwards of 90%
of the entire world may catch this virus at some point or another.
Add this to the growing list from over the
past 20-30 years, where there have been several other major virus or bacterial
outbreaks about every 2 years. I guess that's the boredom threshold for TPTB:
2004 – SARS
2008 – Avian flu
2010 – Swine flu
2012 – MERS (Middle East Respiratory
Syndrome)
2014 – Ebola
2016 – Zika virus
2018 – Ebola again
2020 – Corona virus / COVID-19
Because it has at least a 14 day
incubation period (some think even longer), people who were carriers of the virus unknowingly, and who had
not shown any symptoms, were then traveling all over the world, infecting
thousands of other people on planes, in airports, in subways, in other types of
mass transit, and most especially on cruise ships!
Several cruise ships have had both crew
members and passengers come down with the virus, and because it's so
contagious, they are not being allowed to dock in various ports around the
world, so they just sit outside of the docking areas, with thousands of people
on board, some sick--most not--but all having to remain cooped up in their tiny
cabins, unable to leave or go home. Because these cruise ships typically have
lots of elderly people on board, as well as lots of people with health issues,
such as diabetes, this has become a major topic of concern for everyone
involved.
Because of all of this, the CDC and the World Health
Organization
have deemed this event a global PANDEMIC. I never thought I'd hear something
like that in my lifetime, because the word has such a horrible historic connotation.
But because of that word—pandemic—the world has been absolutely been turned
upside down. Here's some of what's been happening:
Everything is shutting down, being
cancelled, or postponed:
- The transportation industry - all varieties (the airline industry is now nearly bankrupt)
- Businesses both large and small are telling their employees to stay home, and--
- Restaurants and service industry businesses are now shut down, which is causing great distress, as the majority of workers in the U.S. are in the service industry.
- 2020 will be known as the Great Toilet Paper Panic. When the virus really started ramping up, people lost their minds. They ran to any and every store they could find and bought out every single roll of toilet paper, paper towels, and box of tissue; every bottle of water; every diaper, every thermometer, and tons and tons of other items, stacking their shopping carts literally 6-7 feet high with "stuff" that they believed would help them hunker down and survive this virus. It was like a bad horror movie. And it's not over. Store shelves across the country are still bare, and may remain that way for awhile.
- The government, in their pathetic attempt to assuage fears, tried to pass a bill to give out $1,000 checks to people in need to help them get through this event. BUT. The Democrats in the House shut it down, and refused to push it through. However, that $1,000 won't be enough. When you are a single parent with children, and rent, and childcare, and maybe a car, and other expenses, $1,000 won't cut it for very long.
- One bright spot in all this: taxes are now not due until JULY, hooray!
- Italy has been hit particularly hard due to their refusal to take this virus seriously early on. Consequently, the entire country is now on lock down. People are confined to their homes. But being the always upbeat people they are, they have begun singing, en masse, from their apartments, showing movies, playing music and instruments, and general making the best of their situation.
- Nearly ALL of the world's tourist spots have been closed down, from the Eiffel Tower, to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, to Japanese shrines, to Australian beaches.
- Business events and conferences around the world have been cancelled or postponed.
- Nearly every major event around the world has been cancelled or postponed.
- Events such as music festivals and concerts and parades are cancelled.
- Fashion industry events in every country, have been cancelled. Months and months of work by artists and designers, now all for naught.
- Movie productions have come to a halt.
- Theaters—both movie and stage performances—are closed. Broadway in NYC is closed.
- Nearly every major sporting event has been shut down for the season.
- Nearly all schools have closed for the year; kids have been sent home, and parents now have to learn how to home school, help their kids with on line classes for the rest of the year, or just learn how to "be" with their children again under one roof.
- Churches have closed their doors, telling their congregants to watch their services on line.
- Local and state governments have now told their citizens to remain in their homes and "shelter in place" as much as possible. The only places that will remain open for the moment in some locations are (some) businesses, grocery stores, banks, hospitals, food banks, some government offices. YMMV in your neighborhood of course.
Around the world there are now extreme
shortages of: face masks, gloves, hospital beds, and medical supplies.
No one knows if there is an end date, or
if this virus--like the flu--is seasonal. This is uncharted territory.
There is no cure. There is no vaccine. But
a drug used for malaria does hold some hope.
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