Now that so many months have passed and I yet have to hear from any of my friends about some person they knew who died from COVID, the feeling that this has been at least partially orchestrated really does get more and more pronounced.
The "financial reset" is coming whether we like it or not, but it may not be the same way some people see it. For example, I don't really see a global currency to be adopted because of different countries/continents not agreeing to working with them. China may not agree to the specs United States' digital currency has. A lot of people also believe in the idea that a financial reset will mean erasing all the world's debt off. This sounds just too good to be true - so it most likely is.
The "new normal", in my opinion, also means going cashless. This started from very basic stuff like being told everywhere that card payments are preferred. Seeing "we recommend you to pay card in favor of cash" everywhere gets under your consciousness at one point. Is cashless better? For us, obviously not. However, how many people do you think will really care? What they really have to get fixed up in order to push for digital fiat is the fact that a lot of the old people have no idea how tech works. But I guess there's a plan for that as well.