In Brief... World News Review: Bioterrorism: Americans Poorly Prepared
The United States has gotten used to an intangible veil of protection.
A broad range of health officials recently observed that America is poorly prepared to deal with bioterrorism attacks. Bioterrorism embraces the intentional release of lethal substances into air, water and food supplies.
Said Senator Bill Frist of Tennessee, "For bioterrorism the number one inadequacy, if you had to rank them, is the inadequacy of our public health infrastructure. That is a product of about 15 years of neglect." Obvious lacks include doctors poorly trained to recognize symptoms which are sometimes similar to normal illnesses, and poorly equipped hospitals, sometimes even without fax machines to convey or receive vital information.
Perhaps since its inception the United States has gotten used to an intangible veil of protection that has somehow surrounded its national life and well being, the presence of which has enabled the nation to pursue its dreams with relative freedom from threats and worries. Increasing evidence indicates that this protection is gradually being withdrawn because of our declining standards and values (see Isaiah 5:4-5).
Source: International Herald Tribune[New York Times news service].
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World News and Prophecy: November 2001
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John Ross Schroeder
John died on March 8, 2014, in Oxford, England, four days after suffering cardiac arrest while returning home from a press event in London. John was 77 and still going strong.
Some of John's work for The Good News appeared under his byline, but much didn't. He wrote more than a thousand articles over the years, but also wrote the Questions and Answers section of the magazine, compiled our Letters From Our Readers, and wrote many of the items in the Current Events and Trends section. He also contributed greatly to a number of our study guides and Bible Study Course lessons. His writing has touched the lives of literally millions of people over the years.
John traveled widely over the years as an accredited journalist, especially in Europe. His knowledge of European and Middle East history added a great deal to his articles on history and Bible prophecy.
In his later years he also pastored congregations in Northern Ireland and East Sussex, and that experience added another dimension to his writing. He and his wife Jan were an effective team in our British Isles office near their home.
John was a humble servant who dedicated his life to sharing the gospel—the good news—of Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God to all the world, and his work was known to readers in nearly every country of the world.
Jim Tuck
Jim has been in the ministry over 40 years serving fifteen congregations. He and his wife, Joan, started their service to God's church in Pennsylvania in 1974. Both are graduates of Ambassador University. Over the years they served other churches in Alabama, Idaho, Oregon, Arizona, California, and currently serve the Phoenix congregations in Arizona, as well as the Hawaii Islands. He has had the opportunity to speak in a number of congregations in international areas of the world. They have traveled to Zambia and Malawi to conduct leadership seminars In addition, they enjoy working with the youth of the church and have served in youth camps for many years.
