The Truth About COVID-19

In follow-up to my previous article on the Origin, Reason, and Remedy for the Coronavirus, I would like to share with you the following web page called Hospice Patients Alliance: Consumer Advocacy. This page is mirrored with permission.

Possible Research Trail for Knowledge-base
to be able to Develop SARS CoV-2 or a similar Virus
Is this what was done? Perhaps we will never know

We do know that Dr Anthony Fauci financed some of the research through the US NIAID grants to University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and later to EcoHealth that was diverted to Wuhan Institute of Virology. See the actual grants here: Fauci NIAID Grant to EcoHealth to Wuhan Institute of Virology Lab  originally posted at: HHS Original Link.

Why would Dr Fauci fund "gain of function" research? Was it to prevent a pandemic and simply create a vaccine? His associations with Bill Gates and the "Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation" are very strong and involve millions in donations to the NIH, the W.H.O., and other organizations that Fauci participates in as a board member. The Gates Foundation has funded several vaccine manufacturers at the same time he is pushing for global mandatory vaccination of every person on Earth.

Fauci as well as representatives of the Gates Foundation, the Chinese CDC, and representatives of other nations sit on the board of the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB). They worked to create a report that discussed the deliberate release of a lethal respiratory pathogen. The GPMB was assembled in 2019 in response to a request from the office of the U.N. secretary-general and the W.H.O. and created its report in September 2019: "A World At Risk - Annual Report on Global Preparedness for Health Emergencies." See: Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) September 2019 Report.

We do know that Gates and many other elites have often expressed their dedication to global vaccination programs, depopulation, eugenics, and a more authoritarian global governmental model.

Selected Journal Articles with Research Done by the Chinese Scientist they call, "the Bat Lady," Shi Zhengli

Just the titles give us insight into the general trend of her research but read them for yourself if you wish. There are dozens and dozens more that were done, but this presents a picture of how scientific knowledge has been advanced. This knowledge can clearly be used to save lives, to create vaccines, to understand disease, but might have another use known as "dual use" applications.

2009
Differential stepwise evolution of SARS coronavirus functional proteins in different host species.
BMC Evol Biol. 2009 Mar 5;9:52. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-52.
Tang X1, Li G, Vasilakis N, Zhang Y, Shi Z, Zhong Y, Wang LF, Zhang S.
United States National Institute of Health Article

There's been a lot of discussion of the "Spike" protein where the virus attaches within the cell. Understanding that is necessary for the creation of a virus that will infect a human.

Immunogenicity difference between the SARS coronavirus and the bat SARS-like coronavirus spike (S) proteins.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2009 Sep 18;387(2):326-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.07.025. Epub 2009 Jul 16.
Zhou P1, Han Z, Wang LF, Shi Z.
United States National Institute of Health Article

2010
We are told that the organs with the most ACE2 receptors are where the virus most attacks people.

Angiotensin-I Converting Enzyme 2 [ACE2] proteins of different bat species confer variable susceptibility to SARS-CoV entry
Arch Virol. 2010 Oct;155(10):1563-9. doi: 10.1007/s00705-010-0729-6. Epub 2010 Jun 22. Hou Y1, Peng C, Yu M, Li Y, Han Z, Li F, Wang LF, Shi Z.
United States National Institute of Health Article

Intraspecies diversity of SARS-like coronaviruses in Rhinolophus sinicus and its implications for the origin of SARS coronaviruses in humans.
J Gen Virol. 2010 Apr;91(Pt 4):1058-62. doi: 10.1099/vir.0.016378-0. Epub 2009 Dec 16. Yuan J1, Hon CC, Li Y, Wang D, Xu G, Zhang H, Zhou P, Poon LL, Lam TT, Leung FC, Shi Z.
United States National Institute of Health Article

Identification of key amino acid residues required for horseshoe bat Angiotensin-I Converting Enzyme 2 [ACE2] to function as a receptor for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
J Gen Virol. 2010 Jul;91(Pt 7):1708-12. doi: 10.1099/vir.0.020172-0. Epub 2010 Mar 24.
Yu M1, Tachedjian M, Crameri G, Shi Z, Wang LF.
United States National Institute of Health Article

Hmm. Key amino acids needed for SARS Coronavirus to attach to ACE2 receptors They just need to understand these things for the good of the world, don't they! Or to kill people?

2013
Identification of immunogenic determinants of the spike protein of SARS-like coronavirus.
Zhou P1, Han Z, Wang LF, Shi Z.
Virol Sin. 2013 Apr;28(2):92-6. doi: 10.1007/s12250-013-3292-y. Epub 2013 Apr 11.
Virological Sinica Research Article

2015
Two Mutations Were Critical for Bat-to-Human Transmission of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus.
J Virol. 2015 Sep;89(17):9119-23. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01279-15. Epub 2015 Jun 10. Yang Y, Liu C, Du L, Jiang S, Shi Z, Baric RS, Li F.
United States National Institute of Health Article

Bat origin of human coronaviruses.
Virol J. 2015 Dec 22;12:221. doi: 10.1186/s12985-015-0422-1.
Hu B1, Ge X1, Wang LF2, Shi Z3.
United States National Institute of Health Article

Article states: "Understanding the bat origin of human coronaviruses is helpful for the prediction and prevention of another pandemic emergence in the future."

Hmmm...

2016
Coronavirus: epidemiology, genome replication and the interactions with their hosts.
Virol Sin. 2016 Feb;31(1):1-2. doi: 10.1007/s12250-016-3746-0.
Shi ZL1, Guo D2, Rottier PJ3.
United States National Institute of Health Article

2017
Cross-neutralization of SARS coronavirus-specific antibodies against bat SARS-like coronaviruses
Sci China Life Sci. 2017 Dec;60(12):1399-1402. doi: 10.1007/s11427-017-9189-3. Epub 2017 Nov 10. PMID: 29134417 PMCID: PMC7089274 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-017-9189-3
Zeng LP1, Ge XY1, Peng C1, Tai W2, Jiang S2,3, Du L4, Shi ZL5.
United States National Institute of Health Article

"... our results have demonstrated that most SARS-CoV RBD-specific antibodies tested in this study could cross-neutralize SL-CoV strain WIV1, but not SHC014. While SARS-CoV and WIV1 have comparable RBD, the RBD of SHC014 is much more variable, as previously noted (Figure S1 in Supporting Information). More specifically, the RBD of SHC014 has a difference of 24 amino acids (aa) compared to that of SARS-CoV, while the RBD of WIV1 only has a difference of 8 aa. This may explain why SHC014 could not be cross-neutralized effectively by most antibodies (mAbs or pAbs) targeting SARS-CoV RBD.

The fact that SHC014 retains its ability to infect human cells implies that the available antibodies and vaccines based on SARS-CoV RBD will not protect the next SARS-like disease caused by bat SL-CoV SHC014 strain. Thus, further development of effective vaccines and treatments for potential infection by the SL-CoV strains, as represented by SHC014, is urgently needed.

Acknowledgements: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81290341, 31621061 to Zheng-Li Shi), the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDPB0301 to Zheng-Li Shi), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of National Institutes of Health grant (R01AI110964 to Zheng-Li Shi), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFC1201000 to Shibo Jiang) and NIH grant (R01AI098775 to Shibo Jiang and Lanying Du)

2018
Serological Evidence of Bat SARS-Related Coronavirus Infection in Humans, China.
Virol Sin. 2018 Feb;33(1):104-107. doi: 10.1007/s12250-018-0012-7. Epub 2018 Mar 2.
Wang N1,2, Li SY3, Yang XL1, Huang HM3, Zhang YJ1, Guo H1,2, Luo CM1,2, Miller M4, Zhu G4, Chmura AA4, Hagan E4, Zhou JH5, Zhang YZ5,6, Wang LF7, Daszak P4, Shi ZL8. PMID: 29500691 PMCID: PMC6178078 DOI: 10.1007/s12250-018-0012-7
United States National Institute of Health Article

"This study was jointly funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant (81290341) to ZLS; the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (Award Number R01AI110964) to PD and ZLS [Shi Zhengli], United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Emerging Pandemic Threats PREDICT project Grant (Cooperative Agreement No. AID-OAA-A-14-00102) to PD; and Singapore NRF-CRP Grant (NRF2012NRF-CRP001–056) and CD-PHRG Grant (CDPHRG/0006/2014) to LFW."

Discovery of Novel Bat Coronaviruses in South China That Use the Same Receptor as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
J Virol. 2018 Jun 13;92(13). pii: e00116-18. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00116-18. Print 2018 Jul 1.
Luo CM, Wang N, Yang XL, Liu HZ, Zhang W, Li B, Hu B, Peng C, Geng QB, Zhu GJ, Li F, Shi ZL
United States National Institute of Health Article.

" Our study expands the host ranges of MERS-related CoV and represents an important step toward establishing bats as the natural reservoir of MERS-CoV. These findings may lead to improved epidemiological surveillance of MERS-CoV and the prevention and control of the spread of MERS-CoV to humans."

Acknowledgements: We thank Lanying Du for the mouse antiserum and monoclonal antibody against MERS-CoV-spike. This study was jointly funded by the Scientific and Technological Basis Special Project (2013FY113500) from the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China to Z.-L.S., a USAID Emerging Pandemic Threats PREDICT project grant (Cooperative Agreement no. AID-OAA-A-14-00102), NIH grants (R01AI110964 to Z.-L.S. [Shi Zhengli] ; R01AI089728 and R01AI110700 to F.L.), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31727901) to Z.-L.S.

2019
Origin and evolution of pathogenic coronaviruses
Nat Rev Microbiol. 2019 Mar;17(3):181-192. doi: 10.1038/s41579-018-0118-9.
Cui J, Li F, Shi ZL [Shi Zhengli] .
United States National Institute of Health Article

Abstract
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) are two highly transmissible and pathogenic viruses that emerged in humans at the beginning of the 21st century. Both viruses likely originated in bats, and genetically diverse coronaviruses that are related to SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV were discovered in bats worldwide. In this Review, we summarize the current knowledge on the origin and evolution of these two pathogenic coronaviruses and discuss their receptor usage; we also highlight the diversity and potential of spillover of bat-borne coronaviruses [meaning from bats to other species], as evidenced by the recent spillover of swine acute diarrhoea syndrome coronavirus (SADS-CoV) to pigs.

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Author's note: You must take responsibility for your own actions. This article is only to provide you with information, so that you can do the research and reach your own conclusions.  I highly recommend watching the video featuring renowned virologist and author Dr. Judy Mikovits called Plandemic, a film about the global plan to take control of our lives, liberty, health & freedom.

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“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe.

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Coronavirus: Origin, Reason, and Remedy

The deadly, novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, is claiming the lives of thousands of people around the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) has now officially declared it to be a global pandemic, which experts say will touch every nation. One expert epidemiologist compared it to the Spanish flu of 1918, which lasted two years and killed an estimated 65 million people, but possibly as many as 100 million. He also compared it to World War II.

The infection rate is very high and so is the mortality rate -- 10 times more deadly than the seasonal flu ¹, and it is spreading like wildfire. In Italy for example, they went from 3 cases to 3,000 cases in 2 weeks, and during a two week period it went from 250 cases to 10,000 cases, which is why that entire country is in total lock down mode right now. Likewise, Spain, France, Poland, Norway, Belgium, Argentina, Russia, and Israel are also under nationwide lock down as well. The virus is ravaging the Middle East with Iran warning of potentially millions of deaths from it. President Trump has declared a national emergency in the US, which gives him over 120 special powers to deal with the crisis. The governor of the state of Washington publicly stated that his expert advisers are telling him that if he doesn't take measures to slow the spread of this pandemic, he could potentially have 64,000 cases in his state alone by May. In the state of New York, they are taking drastic measures as well, including a 1-mile radius detainment zone around New Rochelle in Westchester County. All flights to the US from the UK and Europe have been stopped for now, and many other drastic things that are being done to stop the spread of this disease.

There were a couple of cruise ships where some of the passengers had tested positive for the virus, and because of that the entire ship was quarantined, requiring everyone on board to remain in their cabins for 14 days. One of those cruise liners was off the coast of Japan and another one was off the coast of California recently. Another example was recently in Bethlehem, Israel, in which there were tourists staying at a hotel where seven people were suspected of having the virus. All those tourists were required to remain quarantined in the hotel for 14 days with the ones who were suspected to be positive.

I am not promoting hysteria, but have done a great deal of research on this virus. Due to its 14-day incubation period, it is also very stealthy in that a person can initially be contagious without symptoms for up to two weeks, making them an ideal spreader to infect unsuspecting people around them. This probably helps to contribute to its very high infection rate, which could be as high as 83%, because people don't know to avoid these carriers who show no symptoms of the disease.

Reason
First of all, as I wrote in my previous article, I believe the The Seven Seals Are Being Opened in Real Time, and the coronavirus is one of the plagues that has been released as part of the fourth seal. It has already been foretold in Scripture, and I believe it will result in many more deaths.

As I look at the seven seals of revelation, especially the first several seals (eg., the first five), they seem to me to all be related to the evil acts of man. In other words, they all seem to be man-made by evil people. All this is allowed by God to help people wake up and realize that Jesus Christ is coming back soon. We are in the last days. The Lord is calling on everyone on earth, including those who know Him and those who don't know Him, to stop doing the things of the world and repent and pray, because Jesus is coming back very, very soon.

For more on this, please see The Seven Seals Are Being Opened in Real Time, The End Time Plagues, and Synching Up the Seven Seals with the Gospels.

Origin
As for the origin and how the virus got started, I believe there is ample evidence that it was man-made (attenuated in a lab).

China's Wuhan Institute of Virology has a BSL-4 lab, which reportedly had been working on genetically modifying the SARS virus to give it a gain-of-function. According to the US National Library of Medicine, "Gain-of-function (GOF) research involves experimentation that aims or is expected to (and/or, perhaps, actually does) increase the transmissibility and/or virulence of pathogens."

According to TruNews:

"...a team of researchers from Norway and the UK have published their findings that COVID-19 was absolutely manmade. Their two main conclusions:

the mutations that would normally be seen in the course of animal to human transmission have no occurred in the coronavirus, indicated that it was fully “pre-adapted” for human infection and transmission; and

the coronavirus has insertions in its protein sequence that have never been detected in nature and contribute to its ability to cause infection and disease."

It is suspected that the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) was leaked either intentionally or accidentally from the BSL-4 lab in Wuhan. According to Newsbreak, "The taxpayer-funded NIH (National Institutes of Health, where Dr. [Anthony] Fauci is a top official) is now known to have funded bat coronavirus research (SARS-CoV) at the very same BSL-4 Wuhan laboratory that is widely believed to have manipulated and released the Wuhan coronavirus that’s now devastating the planet." Under Obama the NIH gave $3.7 million to the Wuhan lab that is located only 20 miles from the food market where the outbreak allegedly started (Also see here).

It has been reported that they had sloppy lab practices and scientists were taking lab animals (like dogs) home as pets, selling some in the market, which may have been used as food, and not properly burying carcasses of the animals that died. As a result, the world is now experiencing the health and economic consequences caused by this virus. The world as we once knew it has been forever changed, including our freedoms, as this will have a seminal effect like 911 did.

I recommend watching the video in the first link below, and if you still don't believe it is a bio-weapon, then check out the other two articles as well:

Bombshell transcript: Dr. Francis Boyle’s interview on coronavirus as an “offensive biological warfare weapon”

Why is the World Health Organization engaged in bioweapons research?

Nature Science Journal Warned about “Pathogens Escaping” Wuhan Level-4 Biosafety Lab (BSL-4) Before Coronavirus Outbreak

A thirty-three year old Chinese doctor Li Wenliang was silenced when he first warned about the spread of the novel coronavirus. The Chinese police stopped him after he attempted to sound the alarm in December 2019 over the outbreak at Wuhan Central Hospital, where he worked. Obviously the Chinese government didn't want that news to get out. Dr. Li later announced that he himself had become ill with the coronavirus, from which he died on February 7, 2020. His employer announced his death on Weibo, the Chinese social media site. He has now become a national hero for being a courageous whistle-blower in that repressive communist country, where there is no freedom of speech.

Moreover, US intelligence now reveals that communist China endangered the rest of the world by lying about the severity of the COVID-19 outbreak there ². Revelations have surfaced about the regime’s malfeasance in covering up COVID-19, which means they are under-reporting the number of cases and deaths. This led medical authorities in other countries like the US to think that the outbreak was not going to be as serious as expected, until they saw the true numbers coming out of Italy and Spain. Meanwhile the Chinese Communist Party has sought to to turn the story around, making itself seem like the true hero and even a victim of the US military.

Divine Revelations
The Scriptures say: "'In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams." (Act 2:17). So in these last days, the Lord is giving people dreams and visions. I believe the Lord has even given people divine revelations to confirm what we already know about COVID-19, which is that this virus is being used by evil people seeking to depopulate the world. Let me give you some examples.

Coronavirus dream. Message to every nation.
In this first video, a brother in Christ tells of the dream he had about the coronavirus in January. He was not going to share it initially, because I suppose he didn't think anything major would become of the coronavirus outbreak in China.

In the dream, he was trading with two Chinese men, exchanging currencies, and they seemed displeased with something about the trading deal. He then saw that they had five pipes leading from the coronavirus to a factory, apparently to pump the virus into the factory, in order to sicken and kill the workers there. The workers noticed the pipes and didn't understand how they got there. Then he saw a sixth pipe leading into an office building. This one was under the floor and began to cause the floor to boil, which they noticed. They showed a white guy in the office the boiling on the floor, and he downplayed it, saying it was probably just water, which it obviously was not. Then suddenly it boiled over into an explosion that filled the entire room. Later the man who had the dream was made to know that the two men who instigated this ended up dying from the virus, too.



My interpretation:
His interaction with the two Chinese men seems to represent the US trade war with China. The pipes from the coronavirus to the factory and the office building could possibly confirm it was an intentional leak. The factory represents the Chinese manufacturing sector and the office building represents the Chinese corporate sector. The white guy represents the way Americans have downplayed the virus and continue to do so even as it has become a global pandemic. He may possibly represent an American or Americans who were in China on business when people in those offices were getting sick and it exploded all over the place. That explosion all over the place may also represent the way it spread to the whole world from there.

A Dream About Corona Virus
In this second video, a sister in Christ also had a dream about the coronavirus. In the dream, she was in China walking through some kitchens of restaurants. She saw someone go into one of the kitchens with a white powder and place it on a shelf. She was made to understand that the white powder substance was the coronavirus. One of the cooks then added a small pinch of the powder to someone's food, which was then served to them, after which the guest immediately fell over dead. Men then came into the restaurant, put the man into a body bag, took him out the restaurant through the kitchen and out the back door. They put the body into a van, drove up a hill and then stopped and threw the body out onto the ground, which rolled down a hill and off a cliff. This whole process was repeated with more guests in the restaurant. There were also men seated secretly among the guests who were there to monitor this diabolical scheme and ensure it was being carried out. She tried to stop the people who were doing this, but they could not hear her and continued to kill more and more people. She knew that many dead bodies were piling up at the bottom of the cliff where they had been thrown. She also saw other guests in the restaurant watching news on a television screen about many people dying, many of them falling dead in the streets.



My interpretation:
Her dream seems to indicate once again that this virus is a biological weapon of warfare designed to kill people, and that it has been made by evil people who have intentionally infected the civilian population with it. The instant death they experienced may indicate the high fatality rate caused by the coronavirus.

Remedy
In this last video (now removed by Youtube), the Lord appeared to a sister in Christ in her dream and gave her the cure for coronavirus. He placed before her fresh ginger, fresh okra, and fresh garlic, and told her this is what people need to take to be healed from the virus. He warned her that people should not look to the government for help from the virus, because the government would only kill them.

My interpretation:
I believe the Lord did show this woman a homeopathic remedy for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). I believe these foods will in fact boost immunity and enable people to avoid getting the virus in the first place, as well as be healed from it if they do get sick with the virus. The intestines or "gut" are key to a healthy immune system, and as the sister stated, her research after the dream showed that okra helps to replenish good bacteria in the gut to boost immunity. It is also well known that garlic has anti-viral properties.

The Lord's warning that the government will only seek to kill the people is a confirmation that this is a bio weapon and that the government is behind it. It also confirms that government solutions will only kill more people. Of course, this remedy has not been evaluated or approved by the evil FDA, but that doesn't mean it won't help you get healed from the coronavirus. This is not medical advice, but taking these foods certainly won't hurt you.

I might also add that getting about 15 minutes per day of sunshine during the summer months (March to October in the USA) helps your body generate vitamin D (known as the sunshine vitamin), which is then stored in your body for use throughout the year. This stored vitamin D is used by your body during the months when you cannot generate vitamin D naturally, due to the lack of direct sunlight. Medical studies have shown that vitamin D3 (not D2) can help to defend against respiratory infection. Since the coronavirus causes pneumonia, it is important to have proper levels of vitamin D3 in your system. One study in a hospital many years ago showed that during an outbreak of the flu, the patients in one particular ward, who had received vitamin D supplements, did not suffer from the respiratory illness that plagued the other wards in that hospital. Of course, you can take vitamin D3 supplements in various forms to boost the levels in your system generated by sunlight. For example, you can take Cod liver oil with vitamin D; but do your research, since there are various kinds of vitamin D, but D3 is the best. You also don't want to have too much of it in your system, as that would be unhealthy. On the other hand, you want to get sufficient doses of it in order for it to be effective, and you need to have sufficient levels of other substances (eg., vitamins A and K, plus magnesium), to enable your body to absorb the D3.

I also recommend eating a healthy diet with lots of vegetables and fruits, which are good sources of vitamins and fiber. And avoid foods that can damage your body and/or cause poor health conditions, such as the ones I call the white poisons, namely refined sugar, dairy, refined table salt, and processed white flour. For more on this see White Poisons and Some Foods Damage, Others Heal.

I believe the most important remedy to keep from getting this disease is to repent of all your sins, give your life to Jesus Christ, and ask for His covering of protection over you, according to Psalm 91. Ask for His precious blood to cover you and protect you. His sinless blood that was shed on the cross for you will cover and protect you from this disease. Pray and seek the Lord, as prayer is key to your spiritual and physical well being. And go about your day praising the Lord, as praise is a powerful weapon of spiritual warfare.

Overreactions
There is certainly a lot of hype and hysteria surrounding the novel coronavirus, which is not good and not of God. I am not advocating fear, panic, or hysteria. And there certainly has been a big impact to the economy from it so far, namely the worldwide stock market crash (eg., Black Monday on March 9, 2020, etc.) and widespread fears of another recession. COVID-19 is also wreaking havoc on retail supply chains globally, resulting in various product shortages. The mass panic buying that is happening is also helping to contribute to those shortages. Some businesses are even temporarily laying off employees or sending staff home on administrative leave.

Additionally, the draconian measures being taken by the government to combat the pandemic will lead to a loss of freedoms in the long-term. They are already implementing screenings, monitoring of people, mandatory quarantines, drive-through testing, border closures, school closures, nursing home visitation bans, postponed elections, travel restrictions, and strict guidelines on gatherings of more than ten people, including private family ones in homes and those in public places such as restaurants and churches. I believe that eventually they will implement forced vaccinations, too. People will become desperate for a solution to this global crisis and look to the government to save them, which will set the stage for the emergence of the antichrist and his mark of the beast system.

Medically speaking, in terms of outcomes, on one end of the spectrum it can be as mild as the common cold for most people, and they feel better in two weeks, but on the other end of the spectrum is acute respiratory failure and death. Since the virus has already mutated 262 times to boost its own survival, which is a very high mutation rate, there are different versions of the disease being transmitted. This obviously poses a major challenge to the human immune system to develop ongoing immunity to an ever-changing virus, which could be the reason why it is so deadly and why doctors have observed a high rate of reinfections among those who recovered from the virus. An article from a Beijing, China-based media group called Caixin, reported that  "14% of recovered Covid-19 patients in Guangdong tested positive again.”

Moreover, it has also been reported that even those who have recovered from the illness have ongoing damage to certain organs. According to Science Alert, those who recover fully from COVID-19 can still suffer from reduced lung function, possibly up to a 20-30% loss of function. They may gasp for air when walking quickly due to substantially weakened lung capacity, according to a Hong Kong study.

Regardless of what you believe to be the source of this virus, or whether you believe this virus poses a serious health threat, you should at least be able to agree that the reactions of society and the government (as mentioned above) to the pandemic will probably affect your daily life in some way. This perhaps poses the greatest risk to most of us, in terms of the highest probability of occurring and the most severe impact.

In this article, I do not seek to promote panic, but am simply stating what the potential is for this pandemic. The data I have analyzed indicates that things could get a lot worse in terms of potentially millions of people dying and long-term impacts to society.

If you know the Lord Jesus Christ, then you do not need to be fearful of this pandemic. If you have been fearful, then you should repent for your fear and ask the Lord to forgive you. Have faith in God, pray, and trust in Jesus to protect you.

Putting it All Together
This is an unprecedented time in our nation's history and the history of our world. It is not business as usual, but rather apocalyptic days we are living in. If you know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, please get ready for the rapture, because Jesus Christ is coming back very, very soon. If you don't know Jesus, then now is the time to give your life to Him. I believe we are seeing the end time plagues foretold in Scripture, and that the seven seals are being opened. I believe the coronavirus is part of the fourth seal. I also believe it is a man made, bio weapon intended to cause maximum casualties. I do not believe the government has the answer for this problem. Jesus is calling upon everyone in the world, those who know Him and those who don't, to stop doing the things of the world, repent, pray and believe in Him, because He is coming back very, very soon.

Footnotes:
¹ Source, CBN News report: US Intel Reveals Communist China Endangered the World by Lying About Severity of COVID-19.

² Death rate for seasonal flu is around 0.1% in the US, but the death rate for COVID-19 is 29.6% worldwide (excluding mainland China), according to Worldometers. That is actually 296 times (29,600%) greater than the seasonal flu death rate. Case Fatality Rate (CFR) is calculated during the epidemic using the formula: CFR = deaths / (deaths + recovered) which, with the latest data available, would be equal to: 20,781 / (20,781 + 49,354) = 29.6% CFR (worldwide excluding China). Moreover, the Case Fatality Rate (CFR) in the USA is 1,295 / (1,295 + 1,868) = 41%. That is 410 times (41,000%) more deadly  that the seasonal flu. As of April 2, 2020, the CFR is 95.6% in the UK, 84.6% in Netherlands, and 73.2% in Sweden! Therefore, when I state that COVID-19 is 10 times more deadly, it is a huge understatement.

Attribution notice: Scripture quotations from the Holy Bible NIV, copyright Zondervan, used by permission.

Author's note: You must take responsibility for your own actions. This article is not to be construed as medical advise. This is only to provide you with information, so that you can make your own decisions, for which you will be accountable to God.  I highly recommend watching the video featuring renowned virologist and author Dr. Judy Mikovits called Plandemic, a film about the global plan to take control of our lives, liberty, health & freedom.

You may also want to read my other related posts: The End Time Plagues, The Seven Seals Being Opened in Real Time, and What Does the Bible Say About Vaccines?. You may also visit our Home page, and access my complete blog directory at Writing for the Master.

Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus.  Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe.

Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"

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Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.  He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org