{"id":2243,"date":"2013-08-09T18:38:55","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T23:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pidradio.com\/?p=2243"},"modified":"2014-03-13T07:02:17","modified_gmt":"2014-03-13T12:02:17","slug":"p-i-d-radio-8913-bird-flu-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pidradio.com\/2013\/08\/09\/p-i-d-radio-8913-bird-flu-again\/","title":{"rendered":"P.I.D. Radio 8\/9\/13: Bird Flu Again"},"content":{"rendered":"
SCIENTISTS HAVE announced plans to genetically modify the dangerous H7N9 virus to make it\u00a0more<\/em> lethal. \u00a0They say it will help them understand how it could mutate in nature and trigger a catastrophic pandemic.<\/p>\n Hmm. \u00a0The case mortality rate for H7N9 so far is near 20%, or about four times more deadly than the 1918\/19 Spanish Flu. \u00a0What could possibly go wrong?<\/p>\n Also: Archaeologists think they may have found a piece of the True Cross; Amish healer from Sharon’s old stomping grounds passes away; dolphins experience “unusual mortality event”; and more violence in the Sinai.<\/p>\n If you’re in the North Central U.S., please consider attending the Minneapolis Underground Summit<\/a> with Russ Dizdar<\/strong><\/a>, Doug Woodward<\/a><\/strong> (Derek’s guest this weekend on\u00a0A View From the Bunker<\/em><\/a>), and Rob Skiba<\/strong><\/a> September 27th and 28th at the Hotel Sofitel, Minneapolis.<\/p>\n Please visit the\u00a0P.I.D. Radio Facebook page<\/a>. Find links to the articles we discuss at\u00a0P.I.D. News<\/a>, discuss the topics at the\u00a0P.I.D. Radio Cafe<\/a>, and don\u2019t forget the great Christian podcasters at the\u00a0Revelations Radio Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n Click the arrow on the player below to listen now, or right-click (control-click if you have a Mac) the “download” link to save the mp3 file to your hard drive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"