Revelation 6:7,8 NCV When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!"8 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.
An untreatable tick-borne disease has been found in parts of southern Connecticut.
The Powassan virus is similar to Lyme disease with headache, nausea and fever. Unlike Lyme disease that can be easily treated with antibiotics, Powassan virus can often be fatal.
The virus impacts the central nervous system and causes encephalitis and meningitis.
Dr. Theodore Andreadis of the Connecticut Agriculture Experiment Station, told WCBS that fortunately there has not yet been a human case of the disease in the area. However, the fact ticks in the region carry the disease could be a serious threat to hikers and anyone who is close to a wooded area.
“These ticks will transmit this virus when they feed within a matter of hours, whereas with Lyme disease, for example, ticks generally have to feed up to two days before they’re capable of transmitting it,” Andreadis told WCBS 880.
Twelve cases of the disease were found in the U.S. in 2013, the last year statistics for the disease have been published by the CDC.
