Pestilences of the 20th Century - Old Diseases Make a Comeback

Tuberculosis: Over 30 million people are expected to die of tuberculosis during this decade. Because of inefficient treatment of the disease in the past, drug-resistant tuberculosis is now a global threat. Some strains are  presently immune to drugs that once destroyed the bacteria without fail.

Malaria:  This disease afflicts up to 500 million people yearly, killing 2 million.  Control had been hindered by lack of misuse of drugs. As a result, malaria parasites have become resistant to the drugs that one killed them. Complicating the problem is mosquito resistant to insecticides.

Cholera: Cholera kills 120,000 people per year, mostly in Africa, where epidemics have become more widespread and more frequents. Unknown in South America for decades, cholera struck Peru in 1991 and has since spread throughout the continent.

Dengue:  This mosquito-born virus afflicts an estimated 20 million people each year. During 1995,  the worst dengue epidemic in Latin America and the Caribbean in 15 years  struck at least 14 countries there.  Dengue epidemics are increasing because of growing cities, the spread of dengue -carrying mosquitoes, and the mass movement of  infected people.

Diphtheria: Mass immunization programs that began 50 years ago made this disease extremely rare in industrialized countries.  Since 1990, however, diphtheria epidemics have raged 15 countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.  Up to 1 in 4 people who contracted the disease died. During the first half of 1995; about 25,000 cases were reported.

Bubonic plague: During 1995, at least 1,400 cases of human plague were reported to the World Health Organization (WHO). In the United States and elsewhere, the disease has spread to areas that had been plague free for decades. 

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Source: WHO

Note: See what I mean about back then? There was no shutting down of businesses, or wearing masks.   This virus going around now is no worse than the ones listed above.  I have been in this wicked system of things/world for 74 years, I have lived through hearing of most of them, especially the ones in the United States.  No masks, no shutting down of businesses. This is a ridiculous thing to do of the politicians. They make plenty of money, so why would they care about anybody else's life. And it won't get any better. I pray Jehovah and Jesus Christ will make their move soon. Since we are living in Revelation now, it should not be too much longer. Amen to that! Because I am sick of this hooplah. You know what I mean.

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