COVID19 UPDATE: 8.14.21 - Economic Consequences of A Vaccine Passport Mandate

Here We Go Again: Major Events All Across The Country Are Being Cancelled � PNW Staff - https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=4899 Just when we thought life would be returning back to "normal", that vaccines were going to bring us back to the way things were in 2019 and that the government overreachand hysteria would finally come to a close, events are being cancelled left and right heading into the fall in what is looking like a carbon copy of 2020...all over again. It was announced yesterday that the famous New Orleans Jazz Festival for 2021 would be cancelled due to "rising cases" of Covid in the state, according to CNN. The festival said it was being cancelled "as a result of the current exponential growth of new Covid cases in New Orleans and the region and the ongoing public health emergency." The festival had already been moved from April and May to October as a result of the pandemic and was supposed to feature the Rolling Stones, Foo Fighters and Lizzo. "We now look forward to next spring, when we will present the Festival during its traditional timeframe. Next year's dates are April 29 -- May 8, 2022," the festival saidon its website. Sure. We'll see about that. New Orleans also cancelled its famous Red Dress Run and it's 2021 Gretna Heritage Festival, which was set for October 22-24. Music concerts are currently being cancelled in increasing number each day as groups such as Limp Bizkit, Counting Crows, Stevie Nicks, Michael Bubl� and countless othersare postphoning or cancelling tours for the rest of the year. The New York International Auto Show as well as the 2021 New York Oyster Festival has also been cancelled. The event usually attracts thousands and was scheduled to be heldin Oyster Bay, NY at Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park. In Oklahoma, the Chocktaw Nation has cancelled its annual 2021 Labor Day Festival due to spread of the Delta variant. "Our top priority is the health and safety of our tribalmembers, associates and the communities we serve," said Chief Gary Batton, according to NBC. Four events have been cancelled at Florida's Orange County Convention Center in Orlando in the last week which were expected to bring in more than 20,000 tourists. The conventioncenter still has 52 events booked for the rest of 2021, with an estimated economic impact of about $1 billion. Fears are growing that the current cancellations could cause a domino affect as pressure mounts for other convention events to cancel as well. The Orange County ConventionCenter is the third largest convention center in the U.S. The trade-show and exhibition industry, an $11 billion behemoth, had been poised for a comeback following a year in which countless events were cancelled due to the pandemic. Now, that comeback could be in jeopardy. In turn, that could have financial ramifications for the hospitality and tourism industries, which rely heavily on conventions tofuel their business. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Economic Consequences of A Vaccine Passport Mandate – BrandonSmith - https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=4890 Yes, it's an official concern now. The mainstream media and the Biden Administration have gone from suggesting that Covid vaccinations would "not be mandated" to sayingthey "should be mandated." This means several very uncomfortable consequences are on the way for our economy and the nation as a whole. Remember, the federal government already decided it's legalfor companies to require coronavirus vaccines. The most obvious next step: A mandatory "vaccine passport" certifying its holder has gotten the recommended injections. The assertion by the establishment is that life would simply go back to normal as long as you comply and get your shots like a good citizen. But from what I have seen, evensome people who have taken the vaccines voluntarily do not want a passport system in place, and for good reason. Should a mandatory vaccine passport system be implemented, life will never be normal again. First we have to take into account the fact that there will never be a 100% vaccination rate in the U.S.; not even close. With a number of states at or below a 50% vaccinationrate, there is a question of practicality regarding vaccine passports. Such a program would mean that around half the country could be put in the position of hearing they have no right to employment or possibly even general interaction in trade because theywon't take the experimental jab. The real concern with a vaccine passport has nothing to do with coronavirus, or herd immunity, or saving lives. It's a tool of control. Like the Soviet Union's communistparty membership card, it's an official document that demonstrates compliance to authority. It's a tool to divide the U.S. population. If this autocratic diktat was directed at a tiny minority of people within the population, it might work at frightening them into accepting the vaccinations; to go alongto get along. But, with hundreds of millions of people saying "no way," history tells us the more pressure applied the more rebellion is inspired. Second, we have to consider what the immediate economic and financial effects will be in light of this conflict. For example, look at the amount of relocation and migrationthat has happened in the U.S. in the past year alone. Many millions of people have escaped from predominantly blue states based on political and social factors; and the Covid mandates and lockdowns are a big part of what inspired most people to leave. As has been well documented, blue states are much slower in recovering economically when compared to red states with less restrictions. Not only that, but money moves withpeople. This is a hard reality. Conservative states are seeing ample cash inflows from tourism and mass migration, while blue states are bleeding tax revenues. In light of this revelation, red states are going to ask themselves this question: "Why would we commit economic suicide like the blue states by following their example? Wouldn't vaccine passports be the equivalent of blue state Covid mandates times ahundred?" But let's say for a moment that vaccine passports were somehow implemented everywhere in the country at the same exact time. What would happen then? Economic consequences of a vaccine passport mandate Well, the amount of bureaucracy that would be added between the average consumer and everyday trade would be immense, and with red tape comes a slowdown in business. Whole new wings of the government would have to be created to track and enforce vaccine passports rules (I say "rules" because none of the mandates have ever been passedinto law or voted on by the public). Regular inspections of businesses would have to be enacted, and new taxes would have to be created to pay for the system. The amount of space and employees needed to meet new standards for retailers would increase in orderto check every customer that comes through the door for a passport. Also, let's not forget that many thousands of people in multiple states have had "breakout" covid infections despite being fully vaccinated, which means rules on socialdistancing and masking will also still be in place. The amount of capital that a business owner would have to spend to meet the government requirements would continue to rise while their profits would continue to fall. Eventually, the majority of small businesseswould close, just as we saw during the first series of lockdowns. Smaller businesses, which represent about half of the U.S. retail economy, would be under so much stress from maintaining the proper restrictions and adding infrastructurethat they simply would not be able to compete with major corporations and Big Box stores. The end result would be the complete disintegration of the small business sector (except perhaps online retailers). Only national and international conglomerates would beleft behind to provide brick-and-mortar services to the public, and of course many millions of jobs would be lost in the process. Less competition means ever increasing prices and a lower quality of goods and services. Simply put, vaccine passports could result in the death of what's left of the free market as we know it. The majors will know they have the public by the scruff of the neck,so why bother trying anymore? They can throw us scraps from the table and we would have to take them and be happy with what we get. Practical alternatives to the death of the free market Then again, there is a central factor that tends to arise when restrictions on the economy are put in place - The black market, or what I would call "alternative markets". When governments restrict domestic trade and limit consumer participation based on frivolous requirements, people don't just roll over and submit. Instead, they find otherways to get the things they need more freely. This means black market trade or barter markets, alternative currencies and sometimes entire underground economies. Free markets will not be denied. And this is where the government disguise of humanitarianism will really fall away and true tyranny will be revealed. Anyone rational would say that people trading with each other on an individual or community basis is perfectly normal, but under medical tyranny such trade would be treatedas an ultimate crime. By providing services for each other, common people would be "opening the door" to survival outside of the system, and if survival is possible, then non-vaccination is possible. Therefore, the argument will be made by the establishment that alternative economies need to be eliminated "for the good of society as a whole." There is always an excusefor totalitarianism. With a large portion of the population seeking a means to live without oppression, alternative markets will thrive, and the government will make war on them. Which meansthe people will be forced to make war on the government. It's inevitable under every scenario. But in the meantime, barter and trade will continue without vaccine passports and there's not much that governments can do to stop it. What I see in the near future is economic disaster in the wake of any attempt at a vaccine passport system. Millions will lose their jobs or quit their jobs in protest.Small businesses will disappear under the weight of bureaucracy and constant scrutiny. The quality of goods and services will suffer as competition shrivels. What I suggest is that people get ready for this eventuality. We need to become producers again, rather than mere consumers. In order to position ourselves for success inthe new trade environment we have to be able to make necessities, repair necessities or teach necessary skills. Those that are able to do this will do very well within alternative markets. --------------------------------- The New Delta Plus Variant Has Arrived In San Francisco As Authorities Ramp Up The Fear To Level 100 - by Michael Snyder - http://endoftheamericandream.com/the-new-delta-plus-variant-has-arrived-in-san-francisco-as-authorities-ramp-up-the-fear-to-level-100/ Just two months ago, most Americans were convinced that the COVID pandemic was on the way out, and much of the country was celebrating as a �return to normal� seemed tobe in the cards. But now the Delta variant has caused a brand new wave that very few experts anticipated. Right now, the U.S. is averaging more than 100,000 newly confirmed cases per day, and the only other time we have been at that level was during the darkdays of the dramatic surge that we witnessed just after the presidential election last fall. If that wasn�t bad enough, now we are being warned about other variants that could potentially be even more dangerous than the Delta variant. For example, there are now 46 confirmed cases of the Delta Plus variant in the San Francisco area, and one expert is telling us that �it�s at least as bad as Delta�� �We believe that it�s at least as bad as Delta,� said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California San Francisco. �We don�t know if it�s even worse than Delta yet. When I say worse we think about number one: is it more transmissible? Number two, does it evade vaccines? And, number three,does it make you sicker?� The Santa Clara County Public Health Department has detected 46 cases of the Delta Plus mutation, according to their latest statistics. That is very sobering to hear, because the original Delta variant has hit this country really hard. If you go back to late June, the U.S. was averaging about 11,000 newly confirmed cases per day, but thanks to the Delta variant that number is now nearly 10 times higher� The U.S. is now averaging 100,000 new COVID-19 infections a day, returning to a milestone last seen during the winter surge in yet another bleak reminder of how quicklythe delta variant has spread through the country. The U.S. was averaging about 11,000 cases a day in late June. Now the number is 107,143. What makes things even worse is that the Delta variant appears to affect children a whole lot more than the original strain did. The original strain was a great danger to the elderly, but hospitalizations and deaths among children were extremely low. But now this new strain has apparently changed everything. According to one doctor in Florida, the children�s hospitals in her state are now �completely overwhelmed� asthe Delta variant spreads like wildfire� �The numbers of cases in our hospitals in children and our children�s hospitals are completely overwhelmed,� Marty told CNN�s Jim Sciutto on Friday evening. �Our pediatricians, the nursing, the staff are exhausted, and the children are suffering. And it is absolutely devastating � our children are very much affected. We�ve neverseen numbers like this before,� she said. This is absolutely heartbreaking, because huge numbers of children are going to deeply suffer because of the incredibly bad decisions of our national leaders. On Sunday, Dr. Fauci told Meet the Press that he believes that all children should be required to wear masks when they return to school� Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday �there�s no doubt in my mind� that children should be required to wear masks when returning to school in the fall. �There is a problem with children [getting COVID],� the nation�s top immunologist told NBC News� Meet the Press. Those that decided that Dr. Fauci should be among those leading our national response to this pandemic should never be entrusted with public office ever again. Dr. Fauci has a very long and very sordid history that most Americans don�t know about. For example, he decided to spend nearly half a million dollars on very sick and verycruel experiments that involved infesting beagles with �parasite-carrying flies�� The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, directed by Dr. Anthony Fauci, spent $424,455 in taxpayer funds on experiments to infest beagles with parasite-carryingflies, even though the procedure had already been extensively tested on other animals. White Coat Waste Project, the government watchdog group that obtained the documents, found that about half of Fauci�s $6 billion budget was used for animal experimentation,including the abusive dog experiment. This sort of animal abuse should be banned everywhere in the world. But we all know that isn�t going to happen. And as this pandemic rages on, the elite are happy to tell us to do one thing while they do another. While they tell us to mask up, there wasn�t a mask in sight as Barack Obama partied with celebrities at his home in Martha�s Vineyard. How are the American people supposed to respond to a spectacle like that? The blind are leading the blind, and what they tell us in public is totally different from what they do in private. And they have absolutely no idea where things are heading. Global events are really starting to accelerate, and the months ahead look like they are going to be exceedingly challenging. Millions upon millions of Americans can see where things are heading, and they are quietly preparing. The president of My Patriot Supply, Keith Bansemer, says that his companyhas seen an explosion of new orders since the middle of last month� �Since mid-July, we have seen a [six-fold] increase in orders and are shipping several thousand orders daily from our centers in Utah, Missouri, and Ohio,� Bansemer said. �Americans are quietly preparing.� I am so encouraged to see that so many people are starting to wake up, because time is short. Pestilences are just one of the elements of �the perfect storm� that we are now facing. So many of the pieces of the puzzle are now falling into place, and we are rapidlymoving into a very uncertain future. Unfortunately, some will never wake up no matter how chaotic things become around them. People like the Obamas and their celebrity friends will just keep on dancing, laughing and partying as the world goes mad all around them, and many Americans will be morethan happy to follow their example. ---------------------------------------- The Dangers of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates � Todd Strandberg - https://www.raptureready.com/category/nearing-midnight/ The COVID-19 virus has been an absolute disaster on all levels. In 15 months� time, the world has spent $7 trillion on the virus, millions of businesses have been destroyed,and scores of millions of people have become addicted to lockdown handouts. A month ago, I pitched my N95 mask into the trash, and I was regretting having 8 unused masks in my utility room. Now that the Delta version of the virus is infecting growingnumbers of people, the mask mandate may soon be back. Another mandate that has me much more concerned is the growing requirement for people to get a COVID-19 Vaccine. The Biden administration got the ball rolling by orderingall federal workers to get vaccinated or face weekly covid tests. At first, a few big tech companies joined the mandate bandwagon. Within a few days, dozens of companies are now requiring workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The union, which represents over 220,000 postal workers, released a statement saying that while it will encourage postal workers to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus,it is �not the role of the federal government to mandate vaccinations for the employees we represent.� Critics of the measure argue that the three vaccines currently available in the United States have not yet received full approval from the Food and Drug Administration,pending the safety and efficacy results of the ongoing phase-three trials. Vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson are currently being administered in the United States under emergency use authorization (EUA), meaning thatvaccine manufacturers aren�t held liable for any injury, including death that their COVID-19 vaccine may cause. Social media sites don�t want anyone to question the vaccine. Twitter�s action against political commentator Dave Rubin is an example of how these companies are now dispensingwith any pretense in actively barring criticism of government policies and viewpoints. Rubin was locked out under the common �misinformation� claim by Twitter. However, his tweet was an opinion based on demonstrably true facts. One can certainly disagree withthe conclusion, but this is an example of core political speech being curtailed by a company with a long history of biased censorship. In his tweet, Rubin stated: �They want a federal vaccine mandate for vaccines, which are clearly not working as promised just weeks ago. People are getting and transmitting Covid despite vax. Plus,now they�re prepping us for booster shots. A sane society would take a pause. We do not live in a sane society.� If they had been honest and forthright about the vaccines, more people would be willing to get one. The ruling caste sees us as idiots, unable and unworthy to make simple decisions for ourselves. We must be guided, nudged, or intimidated, if necessary, into making theright choice. And we do not deserve explanations because the last thing our elite wants is accountability. One of the biggest problems with COVID-19 is the left�s unwillingness to prevent illegal aliens from bringing the virus into the country. Fully vaccinated Canadians can�tcome to America. American citizens in Mexico can�t come back unless they are tested. But in 2020, 2.3 million illegals were allowed to invade the nation. When Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order that restricts the transport of infected illegal immigrants Biden has released into the general population, theDepartment of Justice sued the state of Texas. �The Biden Administration is knowingly admitting hundreds of thousands of unauthorized migrants, many of whom the federal government knows full well have COVID-19,� Abbottsaid in response to the DOJ suit. The third mandate to arise from the COVID-19 pandemic is the requirement to have documentation to prove you had your vaccine. NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has officially announcedplans to implement his first-in-the-US policy requiring proof of COVID vaccination in order to participate in indoor activities like dining indoors and going to the gym. It would be far better that the whole nation agreed to get the vaccine than to allow our rights to be taken away from us. Once our nation turns into a full dictatorship,anti-vaxxers will get their shot at gunpoint. With 4.2 billion doses having been given out, there doesn�t seem to be any large-scale side effects with the current crop of vaccines. What I�m worried about is boostershots or people who had the Johnson & Johnson vaccine taking the Pfizer shot. Oops, we lost a few million people from booster shot 3, but the other 99.9% of the population is safe from variant E, F, G, H� Because all this COVID-19 nonsense is a perfect setup for the rollout of the Mark of The Beast, I don�t foresee any vaccine problems. When the 666 mark comes, people willautomatically line up to receive something that will condemn them to hell. �And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The sameshall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb� (Revelation 14:9-10). --------------------------------------------------------------------- Prophecy, Revelation and COVID - Bill Wilson � www.dailyjot.com Some Bible teachers are saying that we are well into the Revelation prophecies because COVID was like one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. Let us not be confusedconcerning this. Revelation 6 describes six of the seven seals opened by the Lamb of God, each passing a judgment on earth. The White Horse is ridden by a conqueror; then a red horse symbolizing war; then a black horse of inflation; then the pale horse riddenby Death, empowered to kill with sword, hunger, death and the beasts of the earth. None of these horsemen are COVID because of the many prophecies that must take place before these final seal judgments. But COVID is certainly a type and shadow of things tocome. In Matthew 24, Christ prophesies of the chronology for the end of the age, beginning with verse 4, �Take heed that no man deceive you.� Summing it up, there will be falseChrists; wars and rumors of wars; famines, pestilences, and earthquakes�which Christ calls the beginning of sorrows. Then there will be persecution, betrayals, false prophets; and the gospel preached in all the world. After that, the Abomination of Desolationwill be seen as the beast (who many call the antichrist) will desecrate the temple. After that, there will be great tribulation, �And except those days be should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect�s sake those days shall be shortened.� After that, Christ says there will be darkness, the Son of Man will come in the clouds, and at the sound of a trumpet the elect will be gathered. As we look at COVID from a prophetic lens, never in history has there been a worldwide shutdown because of a disease. In addition, we can see how quickly the world can bebrought under the control of political forces. Lockdowns, mask mandates, vaccine mandates, vaccine passports are all indicative of not only a great pestilence, but also of not being able to buy or sell, eat or travel without a COVID vaccine. It is eerily similarto Revelation 13:17, �And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.� What is missing is the beast. COVID is not the beast, but it certainly lays the groundwork for the beast and demonstrateshow fast the beast could rise to power and mandate his worship by locking down commerce, and killing all who refuse to abide in his blasphemy. These indeed are perilous times. But remember we are not given a spirit of fear, but of power, and love, and of a sound mind. Be careful to not be deceived. Bible teacherssometimes are quick to jump to conclusions based on what they think a verse means, or want it to mean, rather than taking it in context. Don�t take what I am saying or anyone else without studying it for yourself. When you compare what the prophets say aboutthe end times with Christ�s very specific teaching in Matthew 24 and Luke 21, you will see how the events of the end will unfold. Do not be deceived. Neither fear. But gain understanding and peace that you might discern the events of our time to bring othersto Christ. --------------------------------------- COVID Marxism - Bill Wilson � www.dailyjot.com Former president Barak Obama had his 60th birthday bash at his $12 million oceanfront estate in Martha�s Vineyard. Side note: wasn�t he the one who told us all that theglobal warming crisis will soon permanently flood the coasts? I guess he solved that problem for Martha�s Vineyard folks, but I digress. A bunch of leftist politicians and Hollywood elites braved the threat of global warming by flying in on private jets (Pelosi-style)for the party. No masks. No social distancing against the backdrop of his former vice president, now president, Joe Biden encouraging vaccine mandates, mask mandates, and considering more lockdowns. But Obama was always a �do as I say, not as I do� kind ofguy. It�s the Marxist way. The White House has repeatedly said it would not do a nationwide vaccine or mask mandate. In the same breath Biden�s people say communities and businesses are encouragedto implement their own mandates. We have seen this in action where corporations like Walmart, Google, Facebook, Tyson Foods and United Airlines have announced vaccine mandates for some or all of their employees. In New York, a vaccine passport will be requiredlater in the month for people to go to a restaurant or other public gatherings. Some localities are mulling over mask mandates and vaccine requirements for school children. Some companies are considering a vaccine surcharge to be deducted from paychecks ofemployees who do not get vaccinated. Why should the government jack boot its countrymen when businesses will willingly do it for them? Or how about those unvaccinated people? Politicians and Hollywood elites are demonizing those who have chosen not be vaccinated. Media have called for firings of those whorefuse to be vaccinated. The government has threatened door to door goons to fan out in neighborhoods, making lists of people who are unvaccinated. Other media and politicians are saying that the unvaccinated are murderers and should be sent to jail. The science,however, is showing that both vaccinated and unvaccinated alike can shed the virus, and now the CDC Director Rochelle �Waffles� Walensky is admitting on CNN that COVID vaccines, �continue to work well for Delta with regard to severe illness and death, theyprevent it. But what they can�t do anymore is prevent transmission.� But statistics show a less than 1% chance of death without the vaccine. While the Biden Administration is forcing its COVID Marxism on Americans, it is refusing to stop illegals with COVID from crossing the border or mandating those caught tohave the vaccination. Border agents are contracting COVID from them. Their positive tests are skyrocketing yet Biden�s COVID Marxists are rounding illegals up and flying them into our communities, adding to the rising COVID infections of Americans. If unvaccinatedAmericans are threatened with losing their jobs, why is Biden welcoming and relocating unvaccinated illegal immigrants into our country? Proverbs 29:2 says, When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked bear rule, the peoplemourn.� So true. This is beyond unrighteous leadership and mourning, this COVID Marxism is, say it with me�Stupidocrisy. ------------------------------------------------ VISIT: PROPHECY WATCHER WEEKLY NEWS: HTTP://PROPHECY-WATCHER-WEEKLY-NEWS.BLOGSPOT.COM