I’ve made some predictions over the course of the pandemic. This post is a bit shorter than the rest, but I wanted to circle back to some of those things and project further out.
The Second Wave is Upon Us
The second wave is upon us. (Or some people say it’s the same wave.) Whatever we call it, we see cases rising as places begin to open back up.
But can we just take this at face value? Of course not.
Virus cases are “surging” causing some states to clamp back down.
It’s definitely not the Black Lives Matter protests. Only lockdown protests spread the disease. (This is literally what the mainstream media would have you believe. The virus must be anti-racist!…Except it is killing more black people.)
The experts were saying that a second wave is coming. And the experts are always right, right? Well if you recognize there is a well-oiled propaganda machine in play, then yes you can believe them in a roundabout way because they’re telling you where we are going.
They’ll make sure to use whatever tricks are up their sleeves to spawn a second wave because it advances their agendas.
This video shows why psyops have become a part of how we live. This really builds on the idea of propaganda and mimetic warfare and what that has led to collectively. Some other interesting bits here include the idea of cultural monocropping and how this plays into polarization.
I highly recommend watching this. I’ve gone through it three times.
Anyway, increased testing makes the virus case numbers go up.
What’s worse is that a significant portion (maybe even majority?) of the new cases are actually old cases.
No surprise, the CDC is up to shenanigans again. The CDC is combining results from PCR and antibody tests. (We’ll leave aside the accuracy problems of these tests for now.) PCR test would show active viral load. Antibodies would show past infection.
Thus many “new cases” are actually old cases.
For example, back in February my wife had some weird skin issue going on with her toes. We were stumped. Later on we found out about “Covid Toes”. Aha! That’s it.
My wife has not been tested for SARS-CoV-2 at all. But were she to get an antibody test now, she’d likely have them. And according to the CDC’s rules, she’s a new case. Danger!
Much more about the real data analyzed in this great article. (Be sure to check it out before it’s taken down.)
How soon until they just stop counting cases cause everyone knows there’s an epidemic going on? (Lest you think I’m joking, the CDC did that before with the Swine Flu.)
I’m not denying that the coronavirus is a real issue. The evidence certainly is leaning towards this coming out of a lab at this point. I’m just saying this is blown way out of proportion for how dangerous it is.
To be fair, there does appear to be rising hospitalizations in certain areas. What impact has the financial and emotional stress, the lock down, the lowered immunity having on this, I can’t say for sure.
Earlier on during the lockdown my guess was that we would be in some sort of lockdown, opening and closing, until the vaccine was rolled out.
According to the data this is somewhere around the equivalent of the seasonal flu. Maybe a little bit worse. Moving forward, because we already do have a flu vaccine and that still kills many people, should we continue to have stay-at-home orders always? Should we wear masks forever more?
Here in California, in addition to the mask order, Governor Newsom said, “We have the capacity and ability to toggle back in terms of the stay-at-home order.”
I read that as saying we WILL be toggling back in terms of the stay-at-home order.
What is Phase 3?
Back in Battleground for Your Mind I wondered what was Phase 3? If phase 1 was the coronavirus and phase 2 is the protests and riots, what is phase 3?
I have a guess now.
It may be when the news starts covering the economic destruction that has occurred.
The media is a reinforcing feedback loop. News on the subject will stir up panic…making us feel the squeeze of the economy much more, which allows the media to give it more coverage.
I saw this image the other day.
I can’t really comment on the order of the dominoes. Not something I’ve studied up on. But I do know there are systematic impacts where one thing leads to the next. The worse the economy gets the worse the economy gets.
Many people equate the stock market to the economy. Due to the Fed printing money and buying up corporate debt it is being artificially inflated like crazy. This gives people hope but doesn’t impact the real economy like with small businesses.
The media giving coverage to this will be like throwing gas on the fire. I mean just look at how protests became worldwide so quickly.
Based on the majority of media having a liberal bias, my guess is that this will not happen in the next month or two. The media will cover it maybe late August or September. One of Donald Trump’s big wins for his tenure has been the economy, so making that much worse right before the election leads to a greater chance of him being voted out.
I’m not saying that there might not be some other big things going on before then, but this is my guess.
What’s Going on with Digital Currencies?
I haven’t covered this subject in a long time. But I have seen some interesting updates going on.
- PayPal and Venmo are reportedly planning to let users buy and sell crypto
- People Can Now Buy ‘Bitcoin on Every Block’ Through Network of Major US Retailers and 20,000 Stores
These point to methods by which cryptocurrencies could actually be regularly used. Adoption is the main hurdle that hasn’t yet been overcome. There will be a tipping point and then at a certain point it will become ubiquitous. (Remember it was only 2007 when the iPhone came out. Now smart phones are ubiquitous to the point where there is hardly any other option.)
This shows the biggest institutions are behind blockchain technology. That it indeed will become adopted with this level of institutional authority behind it.
As previously mentioned, the dollar is going to go away or change in a big way (aka Digital Dollar). No clue when it’ll happen, except within the next ten years or so, but it is almost guaranteed.
I am bullish on cryptocurrencies long term. However, I believe that there will be another crash, like when lockdowns get strict again and/or the media starts covering economic damage. Buy that dip, just like the previous one, might be an ideal to shoot for. (NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE!)
Forward Momentum on Vaccines
My guess is that there will not be a nationwide mandate of the vaccine. It just doesn’t seem like that could fly here in the USA. It will be more step by step in restricting you from activities if you don’t have the vaccine.
For instance, University of Tennessee says you have to get flu shots and the coronavirus when it’s available. This is an emergency rule, but they plan to make it permanent.
Chief Medical Officer of Australia, Brendan Murphy says he expects their border’s to be closed until there’s a vaccine.
Education and travel are two places we’ll see these restrictions for sure. Healthcare facilities too of course. There’s a fair chance some states such as California and New York could make it mandatory statewide.
But then I saw this…
Last week we discussed masks and how the messaging for these is pretty much exactly the same as the messaging around vaccines.
This week, presidential candidate Joe Biden said he’d make masks mandatory in public across the country.
A warning of what’s to come if he’s elected? Maybe the agenda will move fast and strong.
Next week we dive into attempting to better understand sociopathy and evil. I do not think we can make sense of what is going on without being aware of this.
Hello Logan: I appreciate your digging for truth (the only thing that is consistently seen as the enemy is truth!). I would like to make a few comments. Mind viruses are not new but of course are disseminated in novel ways based on modern technological and cultural norms. If we go back 100 years to WW 1 we see a multitude of young men VOLUNTEERING to live in the filth of the mud trenches of the time, getting shelled, shot at and disease ridden while waiting for their chance to suicidally charge at German machine guns. It was motivated by a cultural norm to ‘do your duty’. This impossible degree of compliance to insanity was the cultural norm of the time. The motivation was ‘duty’. No one wanted to be accused of failing to do his duty or cowardice. Now things are much different. People are seldom motivated by duty but by fear. Fear of viruses, immigrants, terrorists, losing our jobs, not providing for families, personal safety etc. Fear is SO easy to manipulate. Keep people scared and you can do what you like to them, take away their rights, tax them, sell them things, move them in any direction you wish. Whenever I see fear based tactics (daily!) I ask myself the question-who benefits from this, who is making money, gaining influence and gaining a more powerful position? I evaluate my response based on the answer to the above question.
The tragedy of modern education and culture is this: We have been magnificently trained to not think for ourselves. We do not question or wonder because we have experts in every field that will tell us what to think, how to behave, what rights are good for us, what will keep us safe and prosperous, what public health procedures are good for us etc. Just comply and be a loyal, law abiding citizen. It is a zombie apocalypse of Orwellian proportions! ‘Experts’ obviate the need for full and frank scientific discourse (and of course experts and their opinions can be purchased at surprisingly low rates!). As the video pointed out, there is no middle ground-there is nothing to discuss as we KNOW the truth and have nothing to learn from those who do not agree with us! In the end it will indeed lead to violence as we have lost interest in truly understanding life from another personal or cultural perspective.
I recommend a book by Marshall Rosenberg entitled Non-violent Communication. It is a brilliant work on how to see, feel and communicate even our most passionate emotions in a humane and productive way. If we see each other as unique souls with the same human value despite various levels and varieties of education, wealth, race, religion etc., we can forgo the need to compete and ‘stay ahead’ of others. The health and welfare of the whole becomes MY health and welfare not out of some socialistic, materialist ideology based on force or revolution but based on the love we have for all of humanity. Once that is established we cannot be moved by fear of others as we understand they are us! Once we value our own souls and recognize our intrinsic value as human beings we can take expert opinion into account but use our own God given intelligence to guide our lives. Does what we are hearing empower or enrich one group over another? If the answer is yes then it is outside of the paradigm I choose to live in.
I look at what I can do to promote the oneness of humanity rather than struggle against something that I cannot even see. I see even those who are trying desperately to manipulate the way I think as my brothers and sisters who have not yet woken up. We need to become aware of who we really are-noble, independent, interdependent human beings. This is a totally non-violent way of resisting the fear based mind control system you have accurately pointed out.
with respect to all
Ward Hazen
Yes, I definitely agree mind viruses aren’t new. I’d wager they’ve been around since we’ve had language that could abstract. That distinction of duty vs. fear is quite interesting and accurate.
Thanks for the book recommendation. I think I’ve heard of that before but haven’t read it.
Cleary we are thinking on the same frequency now. it is looking more like a scamdemic. Hospitals are now declaring most deaths as covid caused. While this may be true in some cases there is a financial incentive for them to do this. Also hearing about the disturbing testing methods. To me testing positive means nothing anymore.
Political shenanigans were I thought when this originally started and I really think it is what is happening. This black lives stuff is way worse than the virus. If it continues it is going to get ugly real bad. We are no longer on the verge of a collapse, when are collapsing right now.
Something big will happen before the election. The whites and sane black people have been very quiet. I think that may change.
Start stockpiling some goods it has to get worse before it gets better. It will get better eventually though and you will want your family to be ok. Start it now my friend and just know there are plenty of good people left.
Logan,
Thank you for taking an educated and level headed approach to this pandemic. Your multifacet approach is admirable – I am about halfway through ‘powered by nature’ and blown away by the research, the tips, the approach.
It has immediately become the most important book on my shelf and could be the most important book for holistic change in a world where people raise children in glass houses.
Thanks so much Clyde. I’m doing my best and always especially enjoy hearing feedback on that book because the amount of work I put into it.