more than 1.3 million people are sick
and more than 76,000 have died so some
make comparisons to the apocalypse and
experts say every time there's a
calamity that is exactly what happens
the scenes unfolding before us have some
believing we are approaching the end of
times according to Google Trends there
has been a huge spike in searches about
the apocalypse in the United States in
the last week it's not just the covert
19 pandemic some folks are pointing to
other recent events of shall we say
biblical proportions
volcanic eruptions in New Zealand a
plague of locusts in East Africa and
epic wildfires in Australia that really
did look like hell on earth are all
these signs of a Biblical prophecy that
the apocalypse is close at hand that's
what some folks believe I'm not scared
lips learn things like that because I
know in the end what's going to happen
Jemaine Webster is a devout Christian
she believes the kovat 19 pandemic is a
message from God I have a lot of faith
and God's plans and his purposes but
Columbia University religion professor
ari Goldman says the end of the world is
about as real as the zombie apocalypse
show The Walking Dead he points out that
talk of the apocalypse frequently comes
up during worldwide crises some of our
worst fears and worst predictions sort
of occupy us and take over our rational
thinking
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