Hello. Dr.
James Marcum here with yet another biblical prescription for life.
Today, I want to answer this question that many of you might be having.
And that question is this is the pandemic over?
I want you to weigh in on that, yes or no.
And give you a reasons why you think it might be over.
If it's not over, you know, give your reasons as well.
And I'm going to share some things that I picked up on with you as well.
As we tackle this question.
But before we do that, let's talk about a biblical prescription,
and that's found in Psalms 34, verse 19.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
So many afflictions, but the Lord delivers Him out of them all.
What a wonderful promise.
We're all going to have afflictions, but we're going to be delivered.
We might not know where, when or how,
but this is something we can take to the bank.
Now, is the pandemic over?
Well, there's evidence out there that says, yes, the pandemic is over.
Well, what is that evidence?
Well, one is the death rate going down.
We don't see as many cases.
We don't hear about it in the media as much.
So that would argue that maybe the pandemic is getting done.
The travel restrictions now, the borders of Canada are open.
People are going on cruises, people are going places now.
So the travel restrictions have definitely loosened.
That suggests that the pandemic is over.
We're
not having routine testing like we had before unless you're having symptoms.
So that's that suggests it's open.
Facilities are open.
We can go to ball games.
We're going to churches, we're going to a dance, we're going to out out in groups.
Now, we didn't have this before.
So that's some of the evidence that the pandemic's over.
And also recently, the president of the United States
suggested that the pandemic was coming to a close.
So what do you think?
Do you think the pandemic is over?
And if you do, jot down your reasoning.
Now some of us.
Think that the pandemic or the effects of the pandemic is not over.
So let's review that side.
Recently, the government,
the Supreme Court, refused
to reverse the health care mandates
that all the health care workers are required to get a vaccine.
That's a mandate. It hasn't been reversed yet.
So that would suggest that the pandemic is ongoing.
And what about all the people
that have got boosters and the boosters aren't effective?
Do they have to still get boosted?
So that would suggest maybe the pandemic is not over.
People are still having to wear masks.
That would suggest that the mandate is not over.
What about all of those who were sick with COVID
and have long hauler type symptoms?
The fatigue, the loss of taste,
the different types of side effects from long term COVID.
For them, the pandemic is not over.
What about those that got the vaccine and had side effects?
The Bears reported lots of side effects.
We know recently the younger generation having myocarditis.
What about those?
What about the provider burnout
going through everything that everyone's been through?
A lot of people have just been mentally fatigued, burnt out, compassion fatigue.
We see physicians leaving our profession.
We see providers finding other things to do for them.
This mental effects of the pandemic is not over.
What about the young children
that are getting vaccinated now?
The CDC data and this comes from wonder dot CDC dot gov.
Shows that so far in their bears reporting
system, 58,000 kids have been injured from the vaccine,
58,000 1200
with life threatening or permanent disability,
163 deaths.
This, along with the discussion of the pros and cons,
whether it's worth it or not suggests that the pandemic is not over.
What about all the litigation, the lawsuits?
Well, recently, 42 chaplains in the military are suing
the Department of Defense over vaccine mandates.
So for them and many others, the litigation suggests
that the pandemic is not over.
What about all of those people that have got gotten treatment?
What about the long term side
effects and safety of the treatments?
We really don't know.
That data is still trickling in.
And the fact that we have such.
Confusion in the data
and coercion still
and manipulation suggests that this is ongoing.
There's something more going on.
Maybe the pandemic is not over.
What about all the psychological damage has been done
and shown that their younger people have been really affected by this?
Remember, they were shut away for prolonged periods of time
just with social media.
That was not healthy on their brains.
There are some studies that showed that this has not been good for the younger
generation as they assimilate into adulthood
and then still yet.
What about the ones that are at risk?
The elderly, the ones
with concomitant medical problems, especially diabetes, heart disease,
hypertension, respiratory failure, cancer, they're still at risk from the variants.
So we still have a lot of people that do not think
the pandemic is over, even though it's like a flu.
It might not be dangerous, but the results of everything involved in the pandemics,
whether it be the treatment or the vaccines or the psychological effects
or everything else, maybe that is not over.
So I want you to weigh into this.
Do you as you sit there and listen and as you look at what's going on,
do you think the pandemic's over or you think we're going to have lingering
forever effects of this pandemic, whether it be regarding policy?
Well, the way the media handles data or whether we how we treat each other.
So that's something for us to think about today.
But more importantly, I want you to hold on to this biblical
prescription, Psalms 34, verse 19,
Many are the afflictions of the righteous.
So all of us are going to have problems.
We're going to have it.
That's just the way life is.
We don't like it.
But we're going to have.
This pandemic at many levels has been an affliction.
Whether
it's over or not, it's been an affliction.
But the second part of this verses as but the Lord delivers Him delivers
all of us out of all of these afflictions, all of them.
So we're going to be delivered.
We just don't know where, when or how, but it's going to happen.
This is a biblical prescription, a biblical promise,
a biblical guarantee that you can take to the bank.
So I want you to weigh in on whether you personally think the pandemics is over.
Right.
You comment below, share with other people, your thoughts are very valuable.
And we're going to continue to talk about different health topics,
but always focusing on the big picture.
And the big picture is in the word of God.
The key to health is Christ and what He's done for us
that's going to lead us to permanent healing.
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