CONFIRMATION OF FOOD CHAIN TROUBLE – Headline from ANP: “Food Chain Broken As Largest Supply Companies Out-Of-Stock – Unanticipated Consequence Of Coronavirus.” Susan Duclos goes on. “survival food we buy today, canned, freeze dried or whatever, is from last years’ crops and harvests. Think about that. Since crops were decimated by flooding which in many cases prevented farmers from planting, then an early freeze which forced them to harvest early, they ended up with only a percentage of their crops. The same foods that companies use to can, freeze-dry and use in certain items for later this year. In other words, there was already an issue with food, it just hasn’t been noticed yet.” Her message: Get prepared NOW![i]
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ACTIVATED (?) – Remarks by President Trump & VP Pence may have activated ‘Emergency Clause’ that effectively suspends the Constitution when dealing with a crisis. [The magic words: ‘For the health, safety and well-being…] Here are Celeste Solum’s take-aways from the latest on the situation. Trump’s remarks at his Coronavirus press conference had two essential aims: To minimize the economic effect now that the CDC has admitted human-to-human contact in US – and send a coded message to those in the know that the Emergency Clause may go operational if needed. [Essentially, he was talking about Medical Martial Law.] Other takes: “Officials In the U.S., are expecting 1 of every 3 people to be infected, and with many deaths. For those who survived, there were numerous cases of long-term physical disability…..Economicimpacts would likely come in four forms: shortages of products from China, reduced sales to China, a drop in consumer spending based on fears about the virus and falling stock prices. The U.S. imports over US$500 billion of products each year from China.”
[i] Susan Duclos, Food Chain Broken As Largest Supply Companies Out-Of-Stock – Unanticipated Consequence Of Coronavirus, ANP,
February 27, 2020
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