For decades, the greatest fear among epidemiologists when it comes to immediate, fast-moving, deadly bacteria or viruses has been ebola.

We recall a visit to at CDC to discuss this with officials who showed us the incredible, elaborately sealed labs where scientists were extracting various “bugs” and culturing them to test their characteristics.

Yes, less exotic viruses, like flu, were the most likely to cause a pandemic, they said (and were proved correct, as shown with COVID-19). But nothings is quite as draconian as the horrific bleed-outs of Ebola, which origjn ates in Africa, kills in days and sometimes hours, and can cause bleeding from every orifice in the body.

Only the Blood of Christ is effective in stopping such a nemesis.

(Was God not famous in Scripture, and invoked repeatedly, to halt diseases that, excuse the cliché, plagued mankind? From Egypt to ancient Rome, the great tribulations most often involved disease along with warfare. We have both during our current time.

“In most Ebola outbreaks,” says The New York Times, “fewer than 500 people have been infected. The first few months are crucial to stop the spread. “Today, there are already over 569 confirmed cases, just 25 days since the latest outbreak was declared.”

Here’s a headline from this week:

This Could Be the Worst Ebola Outbreak in History

Truly widespread Ebola would make COVID-19 seem like a walk in the park, and would mandate even more precautions and isolation than did the 2019-2020 and 1918-1919 flu outbreaks. (In the 1918 one, which killed two Fatima visionaries, anyone in the U.S. with a mask was arrested.)

Pray it away. Pray also other rising threats such as screwtape in cattle.

“A fly that deposits its parasitic, flesh-eating offspring inside cows has been detected in Texas for the first time in decades, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported Wednesday (June 3),” says LiveScience. “A second case in a cow in the same county was announced June 5, and two more cases — in a cow and dog — in other Texas counties were flagged on June 8.”

As for infection with Ebola: Within days, that individual develops what feels like a standard tropical fever. But as the virus rapidly replicates, it systematically dismantles the immune system, hijacking white blood cells and using them to travel to every major organ.

The transformation from mild illness to severe disease is brutal. The virus attacks the lining of blood vessels, causing them to leak fluid. This triggers the classic, terrifying symptoms: intense fatigue, severe muscle aches, persistent vomiting, and explosive diarrhea. The term “hemorrhagic” comes into play as the body loses its ability to clot. Blood begins to seep from the gums, the nose, and needle injection sites.

The eyes turn a deep, ghostly red as tiny capillaries burst. Every fluid the body expels is heavily laden with millions of viral particles, turning the patient’s immediate environment into a biohazard zone. Because caregiving and traditional funeral practices involve close physical contact with these fluids, the virus quickly jumps to family members and healthcare workers, fanning out across a village or neighborhood.

It’s not to scare us. It’s to arm us with prayer-shields.