England’s health authority has warned that the Ebola virus in West Africa is “out of control,” and its Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond says it poses a “very serious threat” to Britain. Travelers from West Africa could easily bring the disease to Britain and Europe as well as the Americas.
Britain has a crisis response committee to assess preparations to cope with any possible outbreak of the deadly disease. Health workers are being warned to watch carefully for signs of the virus.
As of this briefing, there have been more than 1200 cases and more than 670 deaths from Ebola according to the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.
I was shown the inhabitants of the earth in the utmost confusion. War, bloodshed, privation, want, famine, and pestilence were abroad in the land…My attention was then called from the scene. There seemed to be a little time of peace. Once more the inhabitants of the earth were presented before me; and again everything was in the utmost confusion. Strife, war, and bloodshed, with famine and pestilence, raged everywhere. Other nations were engaged in this war and confusion. War caused famine. Want and bloodshed caused pestilence. And then men’s hearts failed them for fear, “and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth.” Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, page 268.