Jehovah Witness Predicted Coronavirus 15 Years Ago

Jehovah Witness Predicted Coronavirus 15 Years Ago

&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-drop-cap">The deadly <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;occupygh&period;com&sol;category&sol;coronavirus">Coronavirus<&sol;a> &lpar;COVID-19&rpar; was predicted by an article published by the Jehovah’s Witness&comma; a religious group&comma; 15 years ago&comma; in its magazine&comma; Awake&excl; But the world ignored the warning&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to the article &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Next Global Epidemic&comma; WHEN&quest;” published in the December 22&comma; 2005&comma; edition of Awake&excl;&comma; the world was alerted that a pandemic virus might emerge in China or a nearby country in the future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>It also warned that it might emanate from an animal and could surface from antigens or virulence factors derived from animal influenza viruses&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The prediction&comma; seen by some analysts as opportunistic&comma; came two years after the end of another pandemic virus&comma; the severe acute respiratory syndrome &lpar;SARS&rpar; outbreak that started in November 2002&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;occupygh&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;03&sol;part-of-the-article-e1581961913809&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-45813"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color">SARS was also a coronavirus&comma; and it also jumped to people from animals in the wet markets<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;occupygh&period;com&sol;davido-reveals-how-his-mom-died-video">&period;<&sol;a> SARS emerged in Guangdong and infected 8&comma;098 people over eight months&comma; killing 774 Patients experienced fevers&comma; headaches&comma; and a type of deadly pneumonia that could cause respiratory failure&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- Standby Ad -->&NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle"&NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block"&NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-6098654251180599"&NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"2837309348"&NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto"&NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins>&NewLine;<script>&NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Experts called SARS &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the first pandemic of the 21st century&comma;” since it spread across 29 countries&period; The disease hasn’t been seen in humans since July 2003&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The Awake magazine writer in predicting another virus quoted the medical journal&comma; Vaccine&comma; of 2003&comma; which warned&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It has been 35 years since the last influenza pandemic&comma; and the longest interval between pandemics recorded with certainty in 39 years&period; The pandemic virus may emerge in China or a nearby country and could surface from antigens or virulence factors derived from animal influenza viruses&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It will spread rapidly throughout the world&period; Several waves of infection will occur&period; Morbidity will be extensive in all age groups&comma; and there will be widespread disruption of social and economic activity in all countries&period; Excess mortality will be evident in most&comma; if not all age groups&period; It is unlikely that health care systems in even the most economically developed countries will be able to adequately cope with the demand for health care services&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>True to this prediction&comma; the influenza pandemic again began in China in December 2019&comma; from where it has spread to other parts of the world&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The virus has presented huge problems to China and the World Health Organisation in its containment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle"&NewLine; 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