FLORIDA HEALTH OFFICIALS: FIRST “BRAIN SWELLING” VIRAL DEATH FROM MOSQUITO BITE REPORTED

Deuteronomy 32:24 Pestilence is a deadly disaster, usually a disease, that affects an entire community. Pestilence is contagious, virulent, and devastating. For example, the Black Plague in Europe that killed over thirty percent of the population during the late Middle Ages was a pestilence. In the Bible, pestilence is usually a sign of God’s judgment on a nation or people group (Deuteronomy 32:24; 1 Chronicles 21:12; Ezekiel 7:14–15). The God who protects and blesses is also the God who sends disaster and pestilence when it accomplishes His righteous purposes on earth (Isaiah 45:7; Ezekiel 5:16–17; Amos 4:10). Pestilence is promised as part of God’s final judgment on the world in Revelation 18:8. The first death from a mosquito-borne virus has occurred in Florida.  Health officials say that the viral infection causes brain swelling and was reported in Orange County. The EEE virus (Eastern equine encephalitis)…

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