and loss of hair. Hemorrhages appeared on their skin, and there was ulceration and bleeding from oral mucosa. The victims became feverish and succumbed to lung and throat infections. Examination of their blood revealed extremely low red-cell and hemoglobin values and low white-cell counts. Prolonged bleeding resulted from loss of the blood’s clotting factor. The condition progressed to death. It is possible (we can gather this from both Rev. 16 and Ezek. 38–39) that some kind of nuclear exchange