The
Killer Inside
The
famous Matthew 24 signs |
Antibiotic-resistant
diseases pose 'apocalyptic' threat, top expert says
The
chief medical officer, said the threat from infections that are
resistant to frontline antibiotics was so serious that the issue
should be added to the government's national risk register of civil
emergencies.
She
described what she called an "apocalyptic scenario" where
people going for simple operations in 20 years' time die of routine
infections "because we have run out of antibiotics".
This
is the fifth part of the
Matthew 24 signs series. Where we will examine each one of these
signs which, according to Jesus, were going to take place right
before His return to this planet.
Let's
take a look at the next sign Jesus said will happen at the end times:
Luke
21:11 There will be terrible earthquakes, famines, and dreadful
diseases in various places... (God's Word)
The
verse in this translation is very explicit, and the next sign we are
going too look at is "diseases".
But
before you start rolling your eyes, let me remind you that we are not
going to look at "disease" by itself as a sign. We always
had diseases, for thousands of years, but we will look at diseases
through the "birth pains factor" mentioned by Jesus,
meaning that the sign will be more frequent and more intense as we
get closer to Jesus' return. And as I mentioned before, this sign is
also happening simultaneously with the other signs. ALL of the signs
happening at the same time.
So,
in case you are asking yourself: is all this really going on today?
Let me try to give an answer...
First
let me start with the terrible diseases that humanity has witnessed
lately.
Malaria
Malaria kills a
child somewhere in the world every 30 seconds. It infects 350-500
million people each year, killing 1 million, mostly children in
Africa. Ninety per cent of malaria deaths occur in Africa, where
malaria accounts for about one in five of all childhood deaths.
Why Is Malaria
Increasing Globally?
Malaria is increase
globally is because drugs have become ineffective. With all the new
drugs being tested and used there are at least 300 million cases of
the disease each year, resulting in about a million deaths annually.
Although there are several treatments for malaria, widespread
resistance to conventional antimalarial drugs has contributed to
higher death rates and the incidences of infection are increasing.
HIV/AIDS
The human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that infects cells of
the immune system, destroying or impairing their function. As the
infection progresses, the immune system becomes weaker, and the
person becomes more susceptible to infections. The most advanced
stage of HIV infection is acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
It can take 10-15 years for an HIV-infected person to develop AIDS;
antiretroviral drugs can slow down the process even further.
Global HIV/AIDS
Epidemic
Around 34 million
people are living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Each year
around 2.7 million more people become infected with HIV and 1.8
million die of AIDS. Although HIV and AIDS are found in all parts of
the world, some areas are more afflicted than others.
The worst affected
region is sub-Saharan Africa, where in a few countries more than one
in five adults is infected with HIV. The epidemic is spreading most
rapidly in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, where the number of
people living with HIV increased by 250 percent between 2001 and
2010. Many Western countries, such as the UK, have increasing rates
of HIV transmission through heterosexual sex. In America, where more
than a million people are living with HIV, heterosexual sex accounts
for one third of new diagnoses.
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB)
kills approximately 2 million people each year. The global epidemic
is growing and becoming more dangerous. The breakdown in health
services, the spread of HIV/AIDS and the emergence of
multidrug-resistant TB are contributing to the worsening impact of
this disease. In 1993, the World Health Organization (WHO) took an
unprecedented step and declared tuberculosis a global emergency, so
great was the concern about the modern TB epidemic. It is estimated
that between 2002 and 2020, approximately 1000 million people will be
newly infected, over 150 million people will get sick, and 36 million
will die of TB -if control is not further strengthened.
TB (tuberculosis),
might not seem like a very threatening disease today, specially in
more developed countries. But the fact is that it is the second
deadliest disease after AIDS.
Innovation to
Tackle World's Second-Deadliest Disease
tuberculosis (TB),
the world's second largest global killer after HIV/AIDS. In 2010, 8.8
million people fell ill with TB, and 1.4 million died from the
disease.
---I know you might
think that despite these reports, TB is a very well controlled
disease not to worry about it. And I would somewhat agree, BUT, (you
know there had to be a "but" to a statement like that)
there is a very important statement mentioned in one of the previous
articles. "the emergence of multidrug-resistant TB are
contributing to the worsening impact of this disease." ---
What
is XDR-TB
XDR-TB, an
abbreviation for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), is a
form of TB which is resistant to at least four of the core anti-TB
drugs. XDR-TB involves resistance to the two most powerful anti-TB
drugs, isoniazid and rifampicin, also known as multidrug-resistance
(MDR-TB), in addition to resistance to any of the fluoroquinolones
and to at least one of three injectable second-line drugs. MDR-TB and
XDR-TB both take substantially longer to treat than ordinary TB, and
require the use of second-line anti-TB drugs, which are more
expensive and have more side-effects than the first-line drugs used
for drug-susceptible TB.
TB becoming more
drug-resistant
"The global
emergency of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis heralds the
advent of widespread, virtually untreatable tuberculosis,"
"These results
show that XDR tuberculosis is increasingly a cause for concern,
especially in areas where prevalence of MDR tuberculosis is high,"
"The true scale
of the burden of MDR and XDR tuberculosis might be underestimated and
seem to be rapidly increasing."
‘Virtually
Untreatable’ Tuberculosis Threat Rising:
Almost half of
tuberculosis patients who received prior treatment were resistant to
a second-line drug, suggesting the deadly disease may become
“virtually untreatable"
Polio
Polio is a highly
infectious disease caused by a virus. It invades the nervous system,
and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours. The virus enters
the body through the mouth and multiplies in the intestine. Initial
symptoms are fever, fatigue, headache, vomiting, stiffness in the
neck and pain in the limbs. One in 200 infections leads to
irreversible paralysis (usually in the legs). Among those paralyzed,
5% to 10% die when their breathing muscles become immobilized.
As long as a single
child remains infected, children in all countries are at risk of
contracting polio. Failure to eradicate polio from these last
remaining strongholds could result in as many as 200 000 new cases
every year, within 10 years, all over the world.
---Let me mention
that even though polio is very well monitored and “controlled”, I
came across some interesting articles about polio that I think you
should also take a look at.---
The very vaccine
it is using to fight polio is causing more polio paralysis than the
wild poliovirus.
Polio Vaccines
Now The #1 Cause of Polio Paralysis
--- Isn't that
ironic? The same vaccine that attempts to cure polio, paralyzes the
poor kids, and guess who is a big pusher of these vaccines. Well take
a look, it isn't a surprise any more to see this guy showing up in
this kind of subjects. ---
Bill Gates and
47,500 Cases of Paralysis
The Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation program in India was promoted as “The Last Mile:
Eradicating polio in India.” The promotional video displayed
numbers showing thousands of cases of polio in India decades ago,
with the number of cases dropping to 42 by 2010. But it appears that
wild polio virus stats have been traded for polio from vaccines and
non-polio acute flaccid paralysis (NPAFP). In India, over 47,000
cases of NPAFP were reported in 2011. The paralysis symptoms of NPAFP
are practically the same as what’s attributed to “eradicated”
wild virus polio. Apparently, vaccine polio viruses also cause polio
paralysis.
Ebola
The Ebola virus can cause severe viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) outbreaks in humans with a case fatality rate of up to 90%.
I have an entire article about Ebola and the recent outbreak here.
Influenza
Flu outbreak in
2013, one of the worst in a decade, at least 18 children already dead
A nationwide flu
outbreak that has already caused the deaths of at least 18 children
and clogged emergency rooms in many states is provoking great alarm
across the country.
The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention has said that this year's flu season
is expected to be one of the worst the country has seen in 10 years.
Not even at its peak yet, the season “is stacking up to be moderate
to severe,” Tom Skinner, a spokesperson for the CDC, said.
Flu outbreak
2013: A new stomach virus more potent, harder to kill
While the nation is
on the lookout for the worst influenza strain to crash ashore in more
than a decade, there is another potent and hard-to-kill stomach virus
hunched in the tall weeds of American society and it can strike its
prey easier than the flu bug. Condoluci, an infectious disease
specialist. “Basically, you go through about 24 to 48 hours of
hell.”
Dr. David Kaufman,
chief of infectious disease at South Jersey Healthcare said: “The
virus is very good at surviving in a whole bunch of environments,
foods, surfaces, water. It’s a very transmissible disease. It means
it doesn’t take much, and it’s easy to catch.”
---So, besides the
fact that flu epidemic is growing, now we face a new virus harder to
kill. That is very scary news, but could there be something scarier
than that?
Well, if the "birth
pains factor" is true, it shouldn't be a surprise if there is
something worst about these flu viruses than what we have already
seen. And I think there is, take a look at this recent report:
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Research to
Resume on Modified, Deadlier Bird Flu
Experiments with a
deadly flu virus, suspended last year after a fierce global debate
over safety, will start up again in some laboratories, probably
within the next few weeks, scientists say.
The research touched
off a firestorm in 2011 when it became known that two groups, one in
the Netherlands and another in the United States, had genetically
altered a dangerous bird flu virus to make it more contagious in
mammals. Some scientists warned that a deadly pandemic could break
out if the mutant virus leaked out of the lab accidentally or if
terrorists stole it or made it themselves, using articles in
scientific journals for the recipe.
---Wow, isn't that
scarier? A bunch of "mad scientist" making a new deadly flu
virus in their labs. I always try pretty hard to be an optimist, but
this doesn't sounds very optimistic for our future if the "recipe"
falls (or is given) into the wrong hands.---
Flesh
eating bacteria
Necrotizing
fasciitis is an infection caused by bacteria. It can destroy skin,
fat, and the tissue covering the muscles within a very short time
About 1 out of 4
people who get this infection die from it.1 Many people who get
necrotizing fasciitis are in good health before they get the
infection.
You can get
necrotizing fasciitis when bacteria enter a wound, such as from an
insect bite, a burn, or a cut.
Med Center Sees
Increased Number of Flesh-Eating Disease
A flesh-eating
bacteria survivor described her ordeal Tuesday at the Nebraska
Medical Center. Doctors who treated her say they are seeing more
cases like hers than usual this month.
The Med Center has
seen six cases of flesh-eating bacteria within the past month.
Usually they would see two or three cases a year. So many are
wondering, why the surge in this disease?
---These are very
scary diseases, specially this last one.
But, what about the
diseases we have had. Are they increasingly becoming more severe
also?
Well, let's do a
little research:
Diabetes
Diabetes Rates
Increase Significantly Among American Youth
Diabetes
diagnoses increasing at alarming rate
Type 1 Diabetes
in Urban Children Skyrockets, Increasing by 70% in Children Under Age
5
Autism
CDC: U.S. kids
with autism up 78% in past decade
Autism rates
rising sharply, CDC reports
Autism cases in
children on the rise
Cancer
World cancer toll
is on the rise, says research
Global cancer
rates could increase by 50% to 15 million by 2020
Cancer Rates
Expected To Increase 75% By 2030
Heart
disease
Heart disease
will increase over next 20 year
Heart Attacks on
the Rise in Women
Future
heart-health alarm rises with new statistics on kids
Obesity
Obesity Rates
Rising Worldwide, Half of U.S. Could Be Obese by 2030
In U.S., Obesity
Up in Nearly All Age Groups Since 2008
Experts say
childhood obesity on the rise
---These are really
bad news, pretty much every disease is on the rise, and on top of all
that, new diseases, viruses and super bugs are appearing. These cases
are becoming more often and more severe! How interesting, didn't a
Jewish rabbi prophesied that more than 2000 years ago?
I know some of you
might think: "well, at least our modern medicine can fight and
kill theses new diseases, viruses, bacterias etc."
Well, sadly that is
not the case at this moment. No, in fact, the contrary is happening.
Take a look at these
recent reports:
Antibiotic-resistant
bacteria
Antibiotic-resistant
bacteria are a genuine threat we must all fight
More
people died of infections than cancer in 2010. This stark fact
highlights the danger from rise in antibiotic resistance in bacteria,
a danger the chief medical officer warned MPs about again this week.
We
need new types of antibiotics and then we need to use these wisely –
if we don't we will return to the days of survival of the fittest,
and the huge advances in medicine that we benefit from will be rolled
back. Patients will die of infections that we should be able to
treat.
The
last antibiotic: Drug companies run out of weapons against the very
same superbugs they helped create
The
age of antibiotics is over. It's history. There are no more patented
chemical antibiotics in the pipeline. The drug companies have all but
abandoned antibiotics research, leaving humanity to suffer the fate
of a wave of drug-resistant bacteria -- superbugs -- that the drug
companies actually helped create.
The
industry is down to one last-ditch chemical: colistin,
a toxic bug-killing chemical discovered in 1949. It kills superbugs,
but it also causes kidney damage. So if you're infected with a
superbug in a hospital, you can choose to either die from an
infection, or die from the cure.
Margaret
Chan, the director general of the World Health Organization, couldn't
deny the reality of the situation. "Things as common as strep
throat or a child's scratched knee could once again kill," she
said. "Antimicrobial resistance is on the rise in Europe, and
elsewhere in the world. We are losing our first-line
antimicrobials... For patients infected with some drug-resistant
pathogens, mortality has been shown to increase by around 50%,"
she said.
Antibiotic-resistant
diseases pose 'apocalyptic' threat, top expert says
Dame
Sally Davies, the chief medical officer, described what she called an
"apocalyptic scenario" where people going for simple
operations in 20 years' time die of routine infections "because
we have run out of antibiotics".
She
told the Guardian: ""There are few public health issues of
potentially greater importance for society than antibiotic
resistance. It means we are at increasing risk of developing
infections that cannot be treated – but resistance can be managed.
"In
the past, most people haven't worried because we've always had new
antibiotics to turn to," said Alan Johnson, consultant clinical
scientist at the Health Protection Agency. "What has changed is
that the development pipeline is running dry. We don't have new
antibiotics that we can rely on in the immediate future or in the
longer term."
So,
after seeing what is happening with all these diseases, new and old,
and their increase in society. And after seeing how NEW diseases,
viruses, bacterias etc. are threatening our health, I think the only
conclusion we can come up with is that, JESUS was right! As he
predicted, increasing and more severe diseases are a sign that we
clearly can see being fulfilled today.
So
let's add this one to the list Signs being fulfilled today:
False christs √
Wars andrumors of wars √
Great earthquakes in diverse places √
Famines and troubles √
False christs √
Wars andrumors of wars √
Great earthquakes in diverse places √
Famines and troubles √
Pestilences,
dreadful diseases √
So
hold on tight, because the fulfillment of all these signs will shock
you out of your chair. My dear readers, my purpose is not to scare
you or amaze you, or give you something interesting to read. My only
objective is to help you and others, to realize the times we are
living in. So you can prepare your life and others' spiritually,
physically and mentally for the hard times that we have ahead, to
finally meet our Creator and Redeemer Jesus Christ, the son of God.
I
would like to ask you: Have you given your life to the One who
created you? The One who gave His life for the salvation from sin of
your soul? The One who forgives you, loves you and gives you the
inner peace we all desperately need? This world doesn't offer us
anything of REAL value, you could have all the money, goods and fame,
but at the same time feel empty inside. Feel alone, or hated, or
restless, anxious as is your are looking for something and even
though you think you have everything or nothing at all, you still
have not found the piece that fills the void in your soul.
My
dear friend, stop looking around and look UP, someone is looking back
at you. Jesus is waiting to enter your heart, why won't you let Him come in?
There is nothing in this world to keep you apart, what is your answer
to Him?
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