By Michael Snyder
February 24, 2021 "Information
Clearing House" - Despite all of
the craziness that is going on out there, many
pundits are trying to convince us that life will
soon “return to normal” and that great days are just
around the corner. They are telling us this despite
the fact that the state of Texas has been
in a state of collapse this week, the real
economy continues to implode, the unemployment
numbers are going up, civil unrest continues to rage
in our streets on a nightly basis, and our entire
planet continues to become even more unstable.
Those that believe that happy days are here again
have a fundamental misunderstanding of the times in
which we live. This isn’t a period of time when
America is going to “build back better”. Rather,
this is a time when America is going to go even
deeper into
“the perfect storm
One of the reasons why so many on the left are
feeling optimistic right now is because the COVID
pandemic
appears to be subsiding…
According to a CNN analysis of data from
Johns Hopkins University, the US is seeing a 29%
decline in new Covid-19 cases compared to this
time last week, the steepest one-week decline
the US has seen during the pandemic.
Improvements have been made; in a White House
briefing Friday, US Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky
said the US continues to see a five-week
decline, with the seven-day average of cases
declining 69% since peaking on January 11.
We are being told that if the numbers continue to
plummet like this, soon there won’t be a need for
masks, social distancing and other restrictive
measures any longer.
In fact, James Hamblin says that there is a
possibility that
“pre-pandemic life will return even before summer is
upon us”…
If all of this holds true, it would mean that
many aspects of pre-pandemic life will return
even before summer is upon us. Because case
numbers guide local policies, much of the
country could soon have reason to lift many or
even most restrictions on distancing, gathering,
and masking. Pre-pandemic norms could return to
schools, churches, and restaurants. Sports,
theater, and cultural events could resume.
People could travel and dance indoors and hug
grandparents, their own or others’. In most of
the U.S., the summer could feel … “normal.”
But is this pandemic really over, or is it just
transitioning into a new chapter?
According to
the Daily Mail, the number of confirmed cases of
“Super COVID” in the United States is now doubling
every 10 days…
There are now more than 1,600 cases of the
UK’s B117 ‘super covid’ variant in the US,
according to a DailyMail.com analysis. Cases are
doubling approximately every 10 days, according
to a recent Scripps Research Institute study.
‘Super covid’ cases have exploded in two
states that took opposite approaches to the
pandemic: California, which has been under some
of the nation’s strictest lockdowns, and Florida
which has never had a mask mandate.
Cases of the 70 percent more infectious
variant have exploded to 433 in Florida, in less
than one month since the first case was
discovered there.
Of course many experts are far more concerned
about the new COVID variants that have emerged in
Brazil and South Africa. Both of those variants
have now made it to the U.S., and we already know
that the current vaccines don’t work very well
against the South African variant.
Meanwhile, the U.S. economy continues to crumble
right in front of our eyes. If cold weather can
cause this much chaos in Texas, what would a much
more severe long-term emergency mean for our entire
nation?
On Thursday, we learned that
another 861,000 Americans filed new claims for
unemployment benefits last week…
Last week’s initial jobless claims soared to
861,000, despite more states and cities lifting
restrictive business measures amid a decline in
the number of coronavirus cases. Economists had
predicted around 773,000 first-time claims for
the week ended Feb. 13. Data for the previous
week was revised up to 848,000 from 793,000.
Unemployment claims have been at catastrophic
levels for nearly a year, and now they are starting
to surge higher once again.
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We also just learned that a whopping 92 percent
of all restaurants in New York City
“could not afford to pay their rent in December”…
A new report from the NYC Hospitality
Alliance shows the extreme financial problems
restaurants in New York City are facing, as 92%
of the city’s restaurants could not afford to
pay their rent in December.
The number has steadily worsened throughout
the pandemic, from 80% of restaurants in June
2020 not being able to pay rent.
92 percent!
That isn’t what a “recession” looks like.
The truth is that we are in an economic
depression, and there is no end in sight.
At the same time, communities all over the U.S.
continue to be plagued by civil unrest and crime.
In cities such as Seattle, violent protests and
riots have essentially become
a nightly occurrence at this point. But most of
the violence that we are witnessing is old-fashioned
crime. One study found that murder rates in major
U.S. cities were up by an average of 30 percent last
year, and the chaos has continued into 2021. If you
want to see an example of the lawlessness that is
prevailing in our urban areas right now, just watch this
video.
On top of everything else, our entire planet
continues to behave in very unusual ways.
For instance, on Friday morning there was a
magnitude 4.2 earthquake in
Oklahoma…
A 4.2-magnitude
earthquake shook Oklahoma and Kansas Friday
morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reports.
The 4.3-mile deep quake hit near Manchester,
Oklahoma, at 7:56 a.m. CST, according to the
USGS. Manchester is in northern Oklahoma near
the state’s border with Kansas.
It is not normal to see earthquakes of that size
in the middle of the country, but of course we are
moving into times when all of the old rules will no
longer apply.
Earlier this month, I wrote an article about how
volcanoes all along the Ring of Fire have been
“starting to pop off like firecrackers”. I
believe that we have entered a time when we will see
natural disasters become increasingly frequent and
increasingly powerful, and despite all of our
advanced technology we are exceedingly vulnerable.
Just look at what just took place in Texas. A
single wave of cold weather plunged the state into a
nightmare scenario.
If cold weather can cause this much chaos in
Texas, what would a much more severe long-term
emergency mean for our entire nation?
The events of the past week should be a wake up
call for all of us, because the road ahead is
certainly not going to get any easier.
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