A highly contagious fish disease once limited in North America to the Great Lakes has now jumped to several inland lakes. It is killing thousands of fish from an increasing number of species.
Known as viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS), the gruesome disease can cause internal bleeding and haemorrhaging from open sores.
VHS first appeared in the Great Lakes in 2003, most likely as a stowaway in the ballast water of ocean-going ships. The particular strain of virus found in the Great Lakes is believed to be a mutation of a strain found in the Atlantic Ocean.
The Seven Plagues
1 Land ugly and painful sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshiped his image. 16:2
2 Sea it turned into blood like that of a dead man, and every living thing in the sea died. 16:3
3 Rivers &
Springs they became blood. 16:4
4 Sun the sun was given power to scorch people with fire. They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God,
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