{"id":53,"date":"2009-04-28T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-28T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/kingdomofpriests\/2009\/04\/swine-flu-symptoms-a-shaken-leaf.html"},"modified":"2009-04-28T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-28T08:00:00","slug":"swine-flu-symptoms-a-shaken-leaf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/kingdomofpriests\/2009\/04\/swine-flu-symptoms-a-shaken-leaf.html","title":{"rendered":"Swine Flu Pandemic &#8212; a Shaken Leaf?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My mother-in-law is flying in from New York City on Thursday for a visit. We live in Seattle but the New York metro area has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2009\/04\/27\/us\/20090427-flu-update-graphic.html\">28 confirmed swine-flu cases<\/a>, Washington State so far none. I&#8217;ve actually found myself wondering if she&#8217;ll bring the fabled swine flu pandemic with her. Among swine flu symptoms, I wonder if excessive health paranoia is one. The whole scare makes me think of this verse from Leviticus\u00a0(26:36):<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\"><p>And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Are you worried about swine flu? Please tell me no.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My mother-in-law is flying in from New York City on Thursday for a visit. We live in Seattle but the New York metro area has 28 confirmed swine-flu cases, Washington State so far none. I&#8217;ve actually found myself wondering if she&#8217;ll bring the fabled swine flu pandemic with her. Among swine flu symptoms, I wonder&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Swine Flu Pandemic - a Shaken Leaf? - Kingdom of Priests<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/kingdomofpriests\/2009\/04\/swine-flu-symptoms-a-shaken-leaf.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Swine Flu Pandemic - a Shaken Leaf? - Kingdom of Priests\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My mother-in-law is flying in from New York City on Thursday for a visit. 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