1.0Prayer, Plain and Simplehttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/prayerplainandsimpleMark Herringshawhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/prayerplainandsimple/author/mherringshawCholera Hits Haitirich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Di3kaQNTs8"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/prayerplainandsimple/2010/10/cholera-hits-haiti.html">Cholera Hits Haiti</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/prayerplainandsimple/2010/10/cholera-hits-haiti.html/embed#?secret=Di3kaQNTs8" width="600" height="338" title="“Cholera Hits Haiti” — Prayer, Plain and Simple" data-secret="Di3kaQNTs8" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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An outbreak of cholera is spreading across central Haiti and raising fears that the dreaded disease could reach the vast tarp tent camps that shelter hundreds of thousands of earthquake survivors in the capital, Port-au- Prince. By early this morning, nearly 200 people were confirmed dead with Cholera, and thousands more are sick. It’s the…