Chinese sources said that the Shincheonji church has about 20,000 members in China – most of whom live in major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Dalian, Changchun and Shenyang.
Posted on 02/25/2020 8:49:48 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Members of the Christian sect linked to a cluster of coronavirus cases in South Korea held meetings in Wuhan until December, only stopping when they realised that their community had been hit by Covid-19, the previously unknown disease caused by the virus.
The South China Morning Post has learned that the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in Wuhan, the Chinese city at the centre of the epidemic, has around 200 members, most of whom are currently under quarantine outside the city.
“Rumours about a virus began to circulate in November but no one took them seriously,” said one member, a 28-year-old kindergarten teacher.
“I was in Wuhan in December when our church suspended all gatherings as soon as we learned about [the coronavirus],” said the woman, who declined to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter.
She said the group was continuing to share sermons and teachings online, but most members had returned home at the start of the Lunar New Year holiday in late January.
The 250,000-member Shincheonji Church of Jesus is regarded by mainstream Christian groups as a secretive and unorthodox sect. Its founder, Lee Man-hee, has claimed that he is the second coming of Jesus Christ.
According to the Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 977 confirmed cases as of Tuesday – the second highest number outside China – and 11 deaths.
Of the 84 new cases reported on Tuesday, over half were recorded in Daegu city.
A member of the church from Daegu reportedly visited China in January, and health officials in South Korea are investigating whether a cluster of infections in Cheongdo city is linked to a three-day funeral ceremony held at a local hospital.
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George Soros made his fortune scaring people.
The ChiComs let some cult in to hold services?
Red China is persecuting Christians.
The ChiComs let some cult in to hold services?Bring Out Your DeadRed China is persecuting Christians.
Things that make you go hmmmmm....
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.
RE: The ChiComs let some cult in to hold services?
As long as you register your church with China’s Three-Self Churches and agree to their stipulations ( e.g. allow monitors and sermon audits, etc. ), yes, they allow churches to hold services.
They said on the news today that MOST people who have died are elderly men, Chinese, who are heavy smokers for MOST of their lives. That men are dying 2 to 1 over women. That it especially deadly for Chinese people. That caucasian women are least likely to get sick or die of it.
They say a lot of things on the news. Some of them are even true...
...or at least half true!
1918 Spanish Flu documentary - Swine Flu Pandemic- Deadly Plague of 1918
Release date 2018
Very informative as to initial source of 1918 Spanish Flu, manner and speed of spread globally with grim world map graphics. Of particular note is the three waves of the mutating virus, with the second wave having been the deadliest.
The American death toll of was greater than all battle deaths from WW1 to the Afghan/Iraqi wars up to 2018.
↑ Click on the thumbnail above to see how calm it all is in China ↑
It’s amazing the 1918 flu spread worldwide given the slow, expensive and relatively rare transportation available then. I imagine that the troops returning from Europe after the Armistice in Nov 1918 were a major vector bringing it to the US. That would have been the perfect timing to introduce a new disease to North America.
Great video. Thanks for posting the link.
Wow!
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