Trump comments on suspected Russian plague case (🇺🇸) United States

Drew a response: Russia Declines US Assistance; Drew a response: UKHSA assesses UK plague risk as very low

• Confirmed Donald Trump (🇺🇸) said the United States (🇺🇸) was monitoring the suspected Russian plague case closely and would help Russia. per Donald Trump (🇺🇸), via LIGA.net (🇺🇦) Read with skepticism: political interest^{2 4}
  • Donald Trump (🇺🇸) had not spoken with Vladimir Putin (🇷🇺) about the suspected Russian plague case. per Donald Trump (🇺🇸)¹
• Confirmed Donald Trump (🇺🇸) voiced concern about the suspected Russian plague case. per Donald Trump (🇺🇸)¹
• Confirmed Donald Trump (🇺🇸) said microbes had become stronger and smarter. per Donald Trump (🇺🇸) Read with skepticism: political interest¹
• Confirmed Donald Trump (🇺🇸) said treatments that once worked on pneumonia no longer worked as well. per Donald Trump (🇺🇸) Read with skepticism: political interest¹
• A Trump administration official told Axios (🇺🇸) the White House (🇺🇸) was monitoring reports and assessing options. per an unnamed official, via Axios (🇺🇸) Read with skepticism: unnamed source^{3 7}
• Confirmed Marco Rubio (🇺🇸) warned that plague could spread quickly if the infection got out. per Marco Rubio (🇺🇸) Read with skepticism: political interest, opinion, not a finding² disputed
• Confirmed A Health and Human Services (🇺🇸) spokesperson said the CDC (🇺🇸) monitored the situation with the State Department (🇺🇸) and other agencies. per Health and Human Services (🇺🇸), via Newsweek (🇺🇸) Read with skepticism: judges its own conduct²
• Confirmed A State Department (🇺🇸) spokesperson urged Russian authorities to share accurate information quickly and openly. per US State Department (🇺🇸), via CNN (🇺🇸) Read with skepticism: political interest⁵

The reports (10)

• Trump says he is watching Siberian 'plague' incident 'with concern'Manchester Evening News (🇬🇧) · 5 Oct, 21:23
• Trump weighs in after Marco Rubio says Russia plague could "quickly spread"Yahoo News Canada (🇺🇸) · 5 Oct, 15:32
• White House 'assessing options' as plague outbreaks in RussiaDaily Mail (🇬🇧) · 4 Oct, 22:44
• Trump Responded on What the U.S. Will Do Amid the Risk of the Pneumonic Plague Spreading from RussiaLIGA.net (🇺🇦) · 6 Oct, 08:33
• White House monitoring suspected plague death after 190 people quarantined in RussiaYahoo News (🇺🇸) · 5 Oct, 13:36
• Plague in Russia – Trump reacts to a possible outbreak24 Канал (🇺🇦) · Russian · 5 Oct, 19:50
• KYIV POST:mstdn.social · 6 Oct, 05:04
• WH Is Monitoring Possible Plague Outbreak In RussiaJoe.My.God. (🇺🇸) · 5 Oct, 10:00
• Ex-Covid czar: Potential Russia plague case raises ‘red flags’fllics.com · 6 Oct, 17:21
• Suspected pneumonic plague outbreak erupts in Russia after scientist diesnypost.com (🇺🇸) · 6 Oct, 15:21