This week I was reading about a pregnant woman with COVID who had an emergency C-section and then died three days later of kidney failure. They didn't say how far along in the pregnancy she was, but from the picture the baby was near term. Then today I was reading that remdesivir, used for treating COVID patients in hospitals, causes kidney failure, and I am very much wondering if that is what happened in that woman's case.
A quick web search yields mixed results on how bad remdesivir actually is for kidneys, and I don't know if she was prescribed it or not.
Also, the biggest cause of death for pregnant and postpartum women in the U.S. up through 2019 was actually homicide. I'm not sure how COVID compares, but it looks to be about the same order of magnitude.
[Edit: Homicide rate for pregnant/postpartum United States 3.62 per 100,000; 3.61 million births United States 2020; maternal COVID deaths per month in United States August 2021 was 22--a new record at that time. So 3.61 million(3.62/100,000) versus (maybe 15 COVID deaths per month average)(12 months), or about 131 versus about 180.]
Article from 10/8/2021:
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20211008/covids-awful-toll-during-pregnancy
As usual, I could be wrong.
There is much to be gleaned from old books. Today I learned that the cutting to pieces of Rahab in Isaiah 51 can be understood as part of God's work in parting and securing a passage across the Red Sea for the escape of the Israelites from Egypt.
They weren't just fleeing the Egyptians; there were principalities and powers at work then, just as now.
The Israelites were significantly reminded of the Red Sea passage as they entered the Promised Land, Joshua 4 says, when God stopped the flow of the Jordan River for them to cross over.
There's also the prostitute Rahab who assisted the Israelites, whose God had easily defeated her namesake.
"Three souls flying home because I stayed behind"
One of the souls I've helped toward salvation suddenly flew home recently. This song helped me to really cry for the first time over it.
I happened to read about the Gadarene swine in Mark 3 this morning before coming across this piece, which mentions it.
David Clements mentions Michael Cocchini. A quick internet search tells me that they've worked together before, and that a different Michael Cocchini--and a Susan Clements--went fatally missing in the Smoky Mountains. At separate times.
Feels like a rabbit hole.
Much like Jonathan Cahn connects the major demons of ancient Israel to today's United States, Clements says that the spirits of the Nephilim are here and active.
https://joehoft.com/attorney-david-clements-mkultras-shadow-a-demonic-war-for-humanitys-mind/
