Jimi said:

THIS IS INSANE: A suspected plague outbreak has erupted in Russia, and the government is being accused of covering it up.
Read that again.
The alarm was raised in Siberia after a worker at an anti-plague laboratory died of a disease that killed tens of millions during the Black Death.
Her name was Daria Shipilova. She was 28.
According to reports, she told medical staff she had accidentally broken a test tube containing live bacteria while collecting samples.
She was hospitalized Tuesday with severe pneumonia, placed on a ventilator, and died Thursday.
Since then, nearly 200 people have been forced into isolation.
A hospital has been quarantined.
All public events in the region have been canceled.
And the head of Russia's public-health watchdog rushed 2,600 miles from Moscow to the Irkutsk region to coordinate the response.
But here's the part that has people alarmed.
The regional governor won't even name the illness. He's calling it "a dangerous infectious disease."
Reports claim antibiotics have run out in the region, sending frightened residents to pharmacies looking for help.
And one of Russia's senior epidemiologists called the broken test tube story "laughable," saying someone working at an anti-plague institute would be wearing a protective suit.
"We will not be told what really happened."
A Russian political insider channel went even further, saying the situation in Shelekhov "resembles the Wuhan case."
So far, officials say none of the contacts has shown symptoms and their tests have come back negative.
But the questions are only getting louder

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Bliss Doubt said:

Okay, here's my question:

Re: The alarm was raised in Siberia after a worker at an anti-plague laboratory died of a disease that killed tens of millions during the Black Death.

What the hell is an anti-plague laboratory? Are we looking at yet another case of bio-weapons research?

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