Last night, my MIL, who is a home health worker for seniors, heard a tale from one of her clients that gave her pause. As soon as she got home, she called up my husband and passed along her worry.
The rumor was this: her client has a friend who lives on the East Coast and has a high position in the government. This person said that the president was going to declare martial law within the next twenty-four hours in order to halt the spread of the virus. All non-essential businesses and banks would be forced by government edict to close.
Now, we had absolutely no clue how valid that information was. Who is the person who said this? What position do they actually have in the government, if any? It could be an entire fabrication or it could have a kernel of truth. We didn't know. But what if it actually did happen? MIL would not have passed this along if she saw any reason why her client had dementia or other memory-related diseases.
There were a few precautions we could take that would be a good idea in any case and wouldn't equal a panic on our part. Therefore, we determined to make sure the vehicles were topped up with fuel, we had a little more cash money at home, and we had enough food. We've already got food in the pantry, fridge, and freezers (and no, we didn't panic-buy. I saw this coming a while ago--before everyone went nuts and before schools were closed--so I'd been quietly stocking up on essentials, including toilet paper, though I only bought our usual restocking amount of TP), but we wanted to replace some of the items we've used, so we ran to the gas station, the store, and the bank. We also called our kids and my parents and said, "Look, this is what we've heard, and we have no idea how credible this information is--if it's even credible at all--but this is what we're doing. Just wanted to give you a heads up." They were grateful. All of them headed out into the night to get fuel and cash, but they didn't make it to the stores before they closed, since they're all closing early these days. I'm assuming they have managed to get to the grocery stores this morning.
After we got back home, and while we were watching Boys Over Flowers with Elannah (much to Little Gary's great disgust), we kept checking the news. We noticed that California, Pennsylvania, and New York were enacting versions of lockdowns. It felt like we were a little validated, even if I have yet to hear news of a federal declaration of martial law (and believe me, I am NOT disappointed if that doesn't happen!).
So how did I know this panic was coming? Well, I didn't know, but I suspected. I suspected it because I listened to my misgivings and intuition and made some preparations.
First of all, I don't get my information from mainstream news. They're crap. They are government propaganda--yes, all the channels, including Fox. But I do keep tabs on the themes they're using, and then I believe exactly the opposite. For instance, when the MSM tells me to panic, I don't panic. When, by contrast, they tell me to be calm about the newest viral epidemic (as per this latest C-virus episode), I start making preparations for a panic. This system has worked pretty well for years now.
Secondly, I listen to the Spirit, and I was getting nudges to buy extra food and essentials. I'm not perfect at acting on those nudges, but when they come often enough to get through my thick skull, I finally stop second-guessing myself and get off my butt and do something. I haven't yet felt the Spirit telling me to grab my family and run for the hills, and I find that comforting.
Thirdly, I get my news from other sources, mostly from YouTube journalists I have learned to respect. I know that makes me sound like a whacko conspiracy theorist, and you'd be right, except I don't think I'm a whacko. I am not so naive as to believe that all conspiracy theories are credible by any stretch of the imagination, but there are some people whom I watch who have their fingers squarely on the pulse of reality, I think, and I pay attention to what they say and ponder it and research their information.
I don't share my viewpoint with many others, though. Mostly everyone around me is buying the government propaganda hook, line, and sinker, and to challenge it openly right now is to risk losing all credibility and also to get harshly attacked. People are scared, and they'll be angry with you if you tell them their fear is irrational and misplaced. All I can do is keep my own family from panicking and offer help to others where I can. And I do also question myself enough to wonder if I'm actually just entirely full of it; but that's normal for me. It does keep me quiet, as well. Am I a coward? Maybe. Am I cautious? Always. Are they the same? Maybe sometimes.
Here's what I think (and this is me thinking and not me parroting what someone else told me to think):
1. The stock market downturn is more related to oil wars than to Coronavirus.
2. This virus had already gone global before any of these shutdowns even started. It's too late. We are all either already exposed or will be. Remember this past flu season when so many people you knew were getting so sick for a couple weeks? Yeah, I think that was this virus. Nothing we do now will make much of a difference except washing our hands and not coughing on people. Think about it: China didn't alert anyone else to this epidemic until it had already been out for three or four months, which means it probably spread into every country on earth before China finally admitted to anything. They only admitted anything because news was getting out beyond the government's control, so they had to finally say something.
3. I don't know that this Covid-19 is actually more serious than regular flu. Covid-19 might actually be covering for the rollout of 5G networks in China, which began in the Wuhan province right around October of 2019. Coincidence?
4. I have a friend from the region of Italy that has been hardest hit from this virus, and even with all the stats coming out about hospitalizations and sickness, he doesn't know anyone personally who has been infected. Neither do any of his family or friends. If the stats are as bad as MSM is telling us, wouldn't people personally know someone who is sick--or at least know someone who knows someone?
5. Whether or not this virus is more lethal than any other coronavirus, it certainly has allowed state and federal governments to test how quickly people are willing to stop assembling, hasn't it? And how quickly they can shut down opposing voices (so far, just by calling anyone not towing the official story "false news" and "fear-mongering." I hope it doesn't get to the point where government starts actually shutting down all opposing opinions on threat of imprisonment.).
6. In October of 2019, the Gates Foundation hosted Event 201, where authorities in various disciplines gathered together and played out a hypothetical situation where a coronavirus caused a pandemic. They discussed what should be done to mitigate it, although most of it seemed to center around controlling communications. It seems very strange that so often a drill or game is occurring right before an event occurs that exactly matches that drill or game, doesn't it? DOESN'T IT?? Sept. 11, 2001, and Newtown, CN spring quickly to mind, for instance.
7. It's an election year. This should be obvious.
I've just been informed that as of midnight tonight, the U.S. borders will be locked down to all undocumented travelers and for all non-essential travel (whatever that means). We'll see where this goes.
Dear reader, my dear, dear reader, be safe. I'm praying for you and your families. While I suspect there is a much larger game afoot here, I also know that the Lord is in charge. Be close to the Lord and listen to His Spirit. Maybe I'm full of it, but I do care.
Here's a video from a guy who has similar suspicions:
This is an excellent video to give you a good statistical analysis of the numbers to counter the hype of the MSM, which does not research or qualify the numbers they get.
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