Author: Horror Reporter

  • COVID-19 cases suddenly dropping globally. Why?

    COVID-19 cases suddenly dropping globally. Why?

    Now before anyone labels this article “fake news” or tries reporting it on social media for some violation of some rule, let us first say this: COVID-19 is real, it is true, and it is still affecting people in big ways. I have personal experiences with family who are very close.. I know. The crisis is not over and we have many more challenges before it is.

    That said, something baffling appears to be happening…

    Cases are rising in just 6 states in the United States right now. The other 44 are seeing drops..Not only that, but hospitalizations are falling and so are case counts globally..

    And this without the vaccine being in a huge segment of the population.. This without herd immunity..

    There are mainstream reports stating that experts are a little baffled by the sudden drop in numbers.. Maybe, a few ponder, it shows that much more of the population actually had the virus and didn’t even know..

    Some facts: Daily cases have dropped 45 percent since the latest peak on January 11, according to data from the COVID-19 Tracking Project . There were 131,341 new cases reported on Wednesday.. The decline appears to be a global phenomenon, with new infections falling worldwide for the past three weeks in a row, the World Health Organization said Monday ..

    What has changed?

    Perhaps the Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years surge really increased the cases and now with those concluding the numbers are falling? But the more highly contagious UK variant is still set to become the dominant strain soon, so this drop could be a false hope?

    That said.. other factors have not changed. It is still winter. Vitamin D levels are still low.. there should not be this dramatic of a drop taking place as the setting of the viral spread stays the same as when it was spiraling out of control.

    From the UK DAILY MAIL report,

    Public health experts believe that the decline in cases is likely a combination of a higher number of people who’ve had the virus than official counts suggest – meaning as many as 90 million people have antibodies against the virus – and fewer people traveling and holding gatherings than did over the winter holidays.

    It’s not just the U.S., however. The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday it has also seen declining new infections globally over the past three weeks. Our World in Data graphs show the daily infection rate has fallen by 30 percent in that period. 

    But Director-General Tedros Adhanom warned against relaxing restrictions to slow the spread of coronavirus on the heels of the good news. 

    ‘Over the past year, there have been moments in almost all countries when cases declined, and governments opened up too quickly, and individuals let down their guard, only for the virus to come roaring back,’ he said. 

    There is one other factor not being stated: People may not be either going for as many tests as they were initially despite having the virus, or perhaps testing itself is not keeping up with the virus?

    Many theories that have abounded about why the case count is dropping so swiftly state that the virus is still spreading at the same rapid pace, but testing just is not accurate.

    One other number providing a fly in that ointment are the hospital numbers. They seem to be falling as well. Have we peaked?

    Meanwhile, some are warning not to ease restrictions despite the drops, because it could equal another surge..

    We are the HORROR REPORT, so we include angles most mainstream sources don’t.

    While this drop in cases certainly does not equate to the virus being vanquished from our world, it does bring up an interesting memory of the early pandemic days just about a year ago at this time.

    When the first outbreak and lockdowns began to rifle their way through global society, a fearful world looked to physics for some form of prediction. One famous prediction was uncovered by a book called END OF DAYS written in 2008 by the late and some may argue great or not so great Sylvia Browne.

    Remember that book?

    And remember her? She had a track record of helping law enforcement, but also having some huge embarrassments :

    In her book END OF DAYS, Browne wrote this about what could happen in 2020:

    In around 2020 a severe pneumonia-like illness will spread throughout the globe, attacking the lungs and the bronchial tubes and resisting all known treatments.

    “Almost more baffling than the illness itself will be the fact that it will suddenly vanish as quickly as it has arrived, attack again 10 years later, and then disappear completely.”

    The claim was discounted by most sources in 2020. But SNOPES was forced to call the claim a “mixture.” Meanwhile other sources reported point blank, that the despite the specific 2020 prediction in her book, Sylvia Browne did not predict COVID-19.

    Controversy followed Sylvia Browne in life.. and now additionally in death.

    A few months ago, the YouTube channel G TEAM PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS tried contacting Browne from beyond the grave about her COVID predictions.. this video will provide entertainment for your end of days:

  • Hollywood sign changed to BOOB

    Hollywood sign changed to BOOB

    This from the AFP:

    Six people were in custody after altering Los Angeles’ landmark Hollywood sign to read “Hollyboob,” police said.

    Photos shared online showed the sign — which overlooks the Hollywood hills — with the W and D replaced with Bs.

    According to local outlet NBC Los Angeles, the group were activists trying to raise awareness about breast cancer, and used large sheets of tarpaulin to make the edits.

    They did not cause any permanent damage to the sign, a policeman told local media.

    LAPD Hollywood police chief Captain Steve Lurie said the stunt was “way uncool.”

    “Los Angeles landmarks are precious,” he said on Twitter.

    The incident is far from the first time the landmark has been modified — having been edited on three separate occasions by marijuana-loving locals to read “Hollyweed.”

    https://news.yahoo.com/six-held-tinseltowns-famous-sign-115140544.html

    Everything is back to normal today.

    Although it’s Hollywood.. New boobs are installed daily.

  • America the zombie nation

    America the zombie nation

    A survey of more than 31,000 people shows that insufficient sleep, mental health problems, and stress were the causes of a whole host of symptoms doctors are used to seeing in head injury patients. Symptoms of what doctors call post-concussion syndrome (PCS) range from persistent headaches, dizziness and anxiety, to insomnia and loss of concentration and memory.

    While 27 percent of people report having several of these symptoms, between one-half and three-quarters say they experience at least one. The most common symptoms are fatigue, low energy and drowsiness. Yet despite their findings, researchers believe the number in the general population could be much higher.

    The National Collegiate Athletic Association and the US military officially funded the study that produced this shocking results.. It was designed to improve care for athletes and soldiers who suffered concussions. A total of 2,039 military service academy cadets and 18,548 student athletes were surveyed.

    <<You can read the full study here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-020-01415-4>>

    While there is no conclusion or theory as to why such a dramatic number of people are walking around as though they have brain damage, the past year has not helped!

    The pandemic reality we find ourselves in has produced big sales of an interesting product: SLEEP AIDS.. things like melatonin, CBD gummies, and ZZZQUIL have skyrocketed.

    Perhaps the zombie mentality we find ourselves in has been the result of the news cycle in overdrive, fears over the virus, and addiction to our smart phones. People are restless and edgy.. Their smart phones and social media wars aren’t helping.

    Finally, could there be a chance that the sleepless nights are resulting from a fear of sleep itself! After all, just a year ago we began talking about how the nation appeared to be suffering from a mass cycles of nightmares and terrors at the 3am witching hour..

    So it is possible.. has “THIS MAN” finally won? Has he succeeded in keeping us awake and forcing the nation into a zombie mindframe!?

    thisman

     https://www.thisman.org/ 

  • Singing out of tune in the 21st century

    Singing out of tune in the 21st century

    The Washington Redskins—not their name now of course— defeated the Broncos by the score of 42– 10, winning their second Super Bowl. The game was played on January 31, 1988

    After the game that year there was a special show premiering:

    THE WONDER YEARS would go on to be one of the greatest shows in the history of television and would run until 1993…

    But consider this.. the program premiered in 1988. The show featured nostalgia from 20 years previous in 1968. A crazy time of course

    And that would mean if the WONDER YEARS premiered today and the same time constraints applied, our ‘wonder years’ would be 2001…

    And to some of us who have been online since that year, this website included, it sure doesn’t seem like 20 years. Maybe it didn’t seem like that to those who turned 40 in 1988 either..

    The wonder years indeed. Boy do we wonder .. where has the time gone?

  • The blizzard of 2021?

    The blizzard of 2021?

    Major nor’easter to take shape, unleash snow, ice and wind for daysAccuWeather meteorologists break down the storm heading for the eastern U.S., where the most snow and ice will fall, how long it will last, and more with this multi-faceted storm.

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    This may not the biggest storm EVER but could be one of the biggest in years? It is a long duration event and has a lot of coverage area on the map..

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    Additionally there will be large areas above 18 inches of snow.. some locations that may even near 36 inches.. 

    There will be local blizzard conditions..

    In some lucky (unlucky?) places snow of varying intensities will actually continue for 3 days..

    “Additionally, confidence is growing that much of the Interstate 95 corridor from Washington D.C. northward will see several inches, with totals possibly exceeding a foot in some spots.”

    It would take more than 7 inches of snow for Washington, D.C., to get back on average pace for snow this winter. Thus far, only 0.3 of an inch of snow has fallen in the city. By Jan. 28, the normal snowfall is 7.5 inches in the nation’s capital.

    Farther to the north, New York City is close to its seasonal average to date with 10.6 inches. The upcoming storm has the potential to pad the Big Apple’s total for the winter of 2020-21 and perhaps double it.

  • TOYS R DEAD part 2

    TOYS R DEAD part 2

    Toys-R-us gave it the old college try..

    Some stores that were closed reopened in November 2019 as part of a small U.S. comeback attempt by the iconic toy chain..

    Today it being reported that the it’s over, Again.

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    The Toys R Us store at the Galleria mall in Houston shuttered on Jan. 15, while one at the Garden State Plaza in Paramus, New Jersey, closed on Tuesday, according Tru Kids, a new entity formed when it acquired Toys R Us’ intellectual property during its liquidation in 2018.

    The Toys R Us website is still in operation.

    “As a result of COVID, we made the strategic decision to pivot our store strategy to new locations and platforms that have better traffic,” Tru Kids said in an emailed statement Friday. “Consumer demand in the toy category and for Toys R Us remains strong and we will continue to invest in the channels where the customer wants to experience our brand.”

    The two shuttered locations were about 6,500 square feet – about one-seventh of the size of the old Toys R U stores and emphasized hands-on experiences. Employees unwrapped toys, for instance, so that kids could try them out.

    While we can say here in NORTHEAST PA, we were fans of KB Toys because that is just what we had, there will always be a special place in our heart for any

    …Does Mitt ROMNEY agree!?

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    And just for some nostalgia, here is what it was like to shop at a toy store in the early 1990s… those were the days..

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZilFWyB8zPA&feature=emb_title

  • All of the HE-MEN you cannot find

    All of the HE-MEN you cannot find

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    The newest wave of updated 2021 HE-MAN action figures inludes ROBOTO, SHE-RA, MER-MAN, and ZODAK..

    And sadly they are no where to be found on store shelves across America!

    Although some on Twitter have bragged they were in a Target in St. Louis Missouri..

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    And one other showed off a full collection of all of the newly released action figures so far in her collection;

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    In the mean time, my local WALMART continues to just carry over-stocked amounts of HE-MAN and SKELETOR.. with no new wave figures yet to be found.. 

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  • The lonely pandemic

    The lonely pandemic

    The Pandemic Has Erased Entire Categories of FriendshipThere’s a reason you miss the people you didn’t even know that well.Amanda Mull

    This is a great piece in the ATLANTIC by Amanda Mull.. she explains the scientific reasons why you are missing people that you didn’t even know that well.. But one other point she makes also is worthy to think about:

    Some of the most obvious consequences of our extended social pause could indeed play out in the professional realm. I started hearing these concerns months ago, while writing a story on how working from home affects people’s careers. According to the experts I spoke with, losing the incidental, repeated social interactions that physical workplaces foster can make it especially difficult for young people and new hires to establish themselves within the complex social hierarchy of a workplace. Losing them can make it harder to progress in work as a whole, access development opportunities, and be recognized for your contributions. (After all, no one can see you or what you’re doing.) These kinds of setbacks early in professional life can be especially devastating, because the losses tend to compound—fall behind right out of the gate, and you’re more likely to stay there.

    Likely to stay there.

    Mull points out that Julianne Holt-Lunstad, a psychologist and neuroscientist at Brigham Young University, has found that social isolation increases the risk of premature death from any cause by almost 30 percent.

    Apparently it also creates the death of a career much sooner..

    There are other really interesting points to consider in the full article..  The roaring 20s rescued the malaise of the 1918 pandemic. So she ends her story on optimism that the 2020s will roar the same way..

  • The 1986 possibilities of STRANGER THINGS 4!

    The 1986 possibilities of STRANGER THINGS 4!

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    Leaked photos online from the set of STRANGER THINGS 4 indicate that the show will take place in the spring of 1986.. recall at that time that America was recovering from the aftermath of the Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster and the biggie, Saturday 26 April 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear disaster..

    Anticipation for the show grows with those two amazing potential inclusions into the storyline..

    It seems likely at least for the nuclear accident as we know Hopper is in the old Soviet Union..

  • New security measure in DC will include permanent fencing around the Capitol

    New security measure in DC will include permanent fencing around the Capitol

    PERMANENT SECURITY FENCING coming to US Capitol.

    New statement from acting US Capitol Police chief: “Vast improvements to the physical security infrastructure must be made to include permanent fencing”

    Welcome to the new new new new new new NEWEST world in the POST POST POST post post violence.

    Field trips will never be the same again!