As we reported back in July, Mastercard and Gavi have already co-created an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered "identity authentication" company known as Trust Stamp, which is right now being tested on black lives in Africa. Billionaire eugenicist Bill Gates is also behind the program, which comes with a "Wellness Pass" component for "verifying" people's health, allowing them to return back to "normal" society.

The Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), it turns out, is the perfect excuse to implement this Wellness Pass on a global scale. Widespread fears about the spread of infection are already changing the way people live, including with "temperature checks," mandatory face coverings, and other Orwellian policies that restrict people's freedoms and liberties in the name of safety and security.

The push towards "contactless" payments combined with nationwide "coin shortages" is also accelerating the shift away from cash, which in a matter of just a few short months has almost become taboo. Some stores and shops have already begun posting signs saying, "Cash Not Accepted," even though cash is still considered to be legal tender.