U.N. Agency Warns of Possible Bird Flu Resurgence

Prophecy Sign:  Pestilences and disease world-wide at the time of the end



While recent pandemics and epidemics have been warned of, more often that not they turn out to be far, far less fatal than what the warnings first suggested.  (How many remember the dire warnings of the just past H1N1 expected pandemic?)



However just imagine how bad things could get if massive wars occurred around the world, with subsequent famine and disease.  Things could get pretty awful in a very short period of time, just as the Apostle John wrote about in Revelation, (Revelation chapter 6), and just as Jesus Christ warned of in his words to all of us.

There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven. Luke 21:11 NIV

From the articles:

The United Nations warned of a possible major resurgence of bird flu and said a mutant strain of the H5N1 virus was spreading in Asia and elsewhere. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Monday urged increased surveillance and preparation for a potential outbreak of the virus, which it says has infected 565 people since it first appeared in 2003, killing 331 of them. The virus was eliminated from most of the 63 countries infected at its peak in 2006 after mass poultry culling, but since 2008 it has been expanding geographically in both poultry and wild birds, partly due to migration patterns, the FAO said.

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Avian flu shows signs of a resurgence, while a mutant strain - able to sidestep vaccines - could be spreading in Asia, the United Nations has warned. The variant appeared in Vietnam and China and its risk to humans cannot be predicted, veterinary officials said. Virus circulation in Vietnam threatens Thailand, Malaysia and Cambodia, where eight people have died after becoming infected this year, they warned.

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Widely grown corn plants that Monsanto Co. genetically modified to thwart a voracious bug are falling prey to that very pest in a few Iowa fields, the first time a major Midwest scourge has developed resistance to a genetically modified crop. The discovery raises concerns that the way some farmers are using biotech crops could spawn superbugs.

U.N. Agency Warns of Possible Bird Flu Resurgence

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/08/29/un-agency-warns-possible-bird-flu-resurgence/

Bird flu fear as mutant strain hits China and Vietnam

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14709024

Monsanto Corn Plant Losing Bug Resistance

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904009304576532742267732046.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection