Farley: ‘Severe’ Strain Of Flu Reaches Epidemic Proportions In New York City « CBS New York:
It's just the flu. A little worse than the common cold, but no big deal. Right? According to a website put out by Stanford University: "The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 killed more people than...World War I, at somewhere between 20 and 40 million people." (See also Major Flu Outbreak Threatens to Slow Economy Even Further).
I used to work in a hospital and I have helped care for many patients who had suffered from strokes. As you probably know, there are different kinds of strokes, but they can all probably be divided into two categories: Big strokes, called Cardiovascular Accidents (CVA's) and small strokes, called Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA's).
The nurses I worked with would say that the TIA, or small stroke, is a warning sign that the big stroke, the CVA, is right around the corner! I wonder how many people look at this small flu "epidemic" in New York City as being a warning sign that the "Big One" may be right around the corner. And I'm not talking about the flu!
The Bible says:
"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness, but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord shall come as a thief in the night, in the which the heavens shall pass away with great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up." - II Peter 3:9,10
Recommended listening:
Amos 3, by Rev. Cornelis Pronk
