Revelation 6:7,8 NCV When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!" I looked, and there before me was a pale horse. Its rider was named death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill people by war, by starvation, by disease, and by the wild animals of the earth.
Researchers announced they have found two bat viruses closely related to SARS.
The scientists said that the viruses infect cells in the same manner that SARS infects human cells. The discovery suggests that SARS originated in bats and transfer directly into humans rather than through some intermediary animal.
The bat viruses are 95% genetically matched to SARS and could lead to rapid development of vaccines and drugs to combat the deadly disease.
The SARS outbreak between November 2002 and July 2003 resulted in more than 8,000 worldwide cases with 770 deaths. The virus was a forerunner of the MERS virus that was discovered in the middle east that has a mortality rate close to 43%.
The World Health Organization has declared MERS a “threat to the entire world.”
