Welcome to the Daily Article Podcast. Today is Tuesday, August 1st, 2023. Today's article is written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Elkins of the Denison Forum.

As COVID-19 cases have been rising in recent weeks, experts continue to debate the origin of the pandemic. But there is no

debating the origin of this frightening story. Authorities have been investigating an unlicensed

laboratory in Fresno County, California, where the CDC found at least 20 potential infectious

agents, including coronavirus, HIV, hepatitis, and herpes.

Making the story even more disturbing, the biotech company reportedly has ties to China.

Officials would not have known about the lab, but for a code enforcement officer who was

driving down the street and noticed a garden hose protruding from a building

where it should not have been. So we're left to wonder if similar labs are in operation around the

country. To place this thread in context, a combined biological and cyber attack could be the

weapon of choice in the next world War. This, according to Richard

A. Mueller, Professor of Physics Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, whose article

in the Wall Street Journal is alarmingly titled, World War III will be fought with viruses.

In it, he explains how a nation could weaponize and covertly release a deadly virus,

then release covert cyber attacks on hospitals and other infrastructure to maximize the damage of

the spreading disease. Dr. Mueller published his article on July the 6th, three weeks before we

learned that China has hidden malicious computer code

inside networks controlling America's power grids, communication systems, and water supplies.

Then comes the news of an unlicensed biotech lab with infectious agents and reported ties to

China. Given the dangers posed by the rise of Chinese aggression,

the threat of Russian nuclear weapons in Ukraine,

the growing risk of cyber attacks,

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