According to the Chief of the UN's Food Relief Agency, hundreds of millions of people will be at risk of starvation unless quick action is taken, reports CNN.
"More than 30 countries in the developing world could experience widespread famine, and in 10 of those countries there are already more than 1 million people on the brink of starvation," said David Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food Program.
The reason? Locusts, local wars, the pandemic, and yes--politics.
"This is truly more than a pandemic--it is creating a hunger pandemic," said Beasley. "This is a humanitarian and food catastrophe."
As the virus sweeps through the developing world, the fragile healthcare systems of scores of countries are being quickly overwhelmed, even as their already struggling economies shut down.
In a region already devastated by the worst locust swarms in decades, this economic disaster is truly epic.
Meanwhile, the U.S. food supply isn't exactly immune to the pandemic.
"Tyson Foods is warning that millions of pounds of meat will disappear from the supply chain as the coronavirus pandemic pushes food processing plants to close, leading to product shortages in grocery stores across the country. The food supply chain is breaking," says John Tyson.
"U.S. farmers don't have anywhere to sell their livestock," Tyson said. "Millions of animals--chickens, pigs and cattle--will be depopulated (euthanized) because of the closure of our processing facilities."
COVID-19 outbreaks have closed about a dozen U.S. meatpacking plants this month, even as millions of pounds of milk, eggs, fruits and vegetables are being destroyed "due to the brittle supply chains," warns Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, in the Washington Examiner.
And while the Bible does predict a downward spiral of events (including epidemics and famines, among other things) that will gradually increase the closer we get to Christ's return--it shouldn't scare us. It is meant to prepare us. Now is the time to repent and spiritually prepare.
According to GotQuestions.org: "Bible prophecy testifies to the 100% accuracy of the Scriptures. Every time the Bible predicts a future event it happened exactly as Scripture said it would. Someday in the future--a day no one knows--God will end the Church Age with an event known as the Rapture. At that time, God removes all believers in Christ from the earth in preparation for His final judgments. Jesus said we must be ready all the time because He will come when we least expect Him."
A wise man once said: "The bottom line is this--to survive the end times, make sure you are a believer in Christ. "For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ," (1 THESSALONIANS 5:9).
Jesus said, "You also must be ready all the time for the Son of Man will come when least expected," (MATTHEW 24:44).
"Therefore, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us watch and be sober."
(1 THESSALONIANS 5:6)
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News:
- The Wall Street Journal: Grocers Hunt for Meat as Coronavirus Hobbles Beef and Pork Plants; supermarkets brace for shortages
- Politico: USDA let millions of pounds of produce rot while food bank demand soared; red tape cited
- KFI Radio: California authorities track citizens using cellphone GPS to gauge whether lock down orders are being obeyed; all tracking 'anonymous' they claim
