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  1. Caitlín R. Kiernan @caitlinrkiernan.bsky.socialReaction

    It's harder to sound absurdly paranoid these days. Too much weird, unthinkable shit has happened. So, I look at the plague outbreak in Russia, and it's impossible for me not to think how convenient this could be for Trump and MAGA. A lockdown. Martial law for midterms. Etc.

  2. RevPudDudley @revpuddudley.mas.to.ap.brid.gyReaction

    Oh darn it, mysterious incidence of plague, at the plague lab, in Russia [where else?] I'm thinking of a town in China, with two virology labs both working with bat viruses -- what? and a wet market -- what are you fussing about ? Maybe everything in life is just coincidence or some clever […]

    · mas.to
  3. MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.socialNew claim, unsourced

    Good Morning World, how you doing? A woman who worked at a Biohazard Plague Research institute in Siberia died after a suspected laboratory accident. Authorities in Russia are investigating whether a dangerous infection may have been released. Fear not, we have RFK Jr investigating this. 😳

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  4. The Angry Skeptic @the-angry-skeptic.bsky.socialReaction

    So Russia has a lab where they’re “studying” bubonic plague. That’s nice of them. I’m sure it’s because they want to help humanity. Totally innocent. Nothing to see here people. It’s not like they’re making a bioweapon I mean don’t get hysterical.

  5. @jigsaw-gamestart.bsky.social @jigsaw-gamestart.bsky.socialNew claim, unsourced

    youtube.com/shorts/v5kys... People get the plague every year. Bacteria mutate, but antibiotics are still effective as of now. If you get appropriate and timely treatment, you can survive. Survival rate is in the 80s % with treatment. Survival rate of 0 if you ignore symptoms or use essential oils.

    · youtube.com1
  6. Ole Danielson @oledanielson.bsky.socialReaction

    Plague in Russia but the financial markets party on ...

  7. @rob-santana.bsky.social @rob-santana.bsky.socialShares news

    Roughly 200 people are under medical observation, several hospitals are under quarantine, and dozens are in isolation in Russia following the unexplained death of an infectious disease researcher at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia. arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

    · arstechnica.com
  8. Foolscap & Quill @foolscapandquill.bsky.socialReaction

    The reporting is full of misinformation. Pneumonic plague is contracted by inhaling it. Do you really think she had no mask on, broke a vial and then proceeded to inhale deeply? Stop inhaling the fearmongering misinformation.

  9. Tilly's social @tilb.bsky.socialNew claim

    3/🔥 THEY DELETED THE WARNING Baikalsk city hall warned residents not to travel to Shelekhov over “unofficial information ” of human plague. Posted 08:28. Deleted 10:21. REN TV pulled 5 posts, including the hospitalization count. Mayor's next post: stop spreading rumors. x.com/Tweet4AnnaNA...

  10. prepper cat @preppercat.bsky.socialNew claim, unsourced

    A Russian engineered antibiotic resistant pneumonic plague... (Actual bioweapon)

  11. The Right News, Right Now. @porcellato.bsky.socialShares news

    U.S. monitoring suspected plague case in Russia https://ift.tt/jA6Wp3m

    · ift.tt
  12. Cutename @cutename.bsky.socialReaction

    Pneumonic Plague may be treatable with antibiotics, however that requires the antibiotics and tests be available to everyone and seeing a doctor within a very short time frame. That's never mind the weakened immune systems from repeated Covid infections. See the problem?

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  13. @RexDoctor @rexdoctor.bsky.socialShares news

    "Dozens quarantined after researcher at Russian plague laboratory dies of ‘unknown’ infection." ["Russia, Russia, Russia" was and is no hoax.] www.cnn.com/2026/10/04/e...

    · cnn.com
  14. WarMonitor🇺🇦🇬🇧 {bot} @warmonitor3-x.bsky.socialNew claim, unsourced

    Russian authorities have started mandatory temperature checks on flights from Irkutsk Siberia to Moscow due to the plague outbreak. Wow…

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  15. Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.socialReaction

    You mean pneumonic plague not bubonic, you idi*dies mid mansplain*

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  16. Lily is anti-ICE, anti-fascist, anti-MAG @lily77.bsky.socialReaction

    Pneumonic Plague has to be treated with antibiotics within 24 hours of the first symptom or it's otherwise 100% fatal. So they either treated her too late or it's something else, as you said. I don't believe they would have treated her late bc she would know exactly what what in the vial that broke.

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  17. 🇺🇦PEOTUQAD - Pluris est oculatus t @peotuqad.comReaction

    The reported death of a laboratory assistant from plague in Irkutsk, though denied by local authorities, raises concerns about public health transparency and potential cover-ups.

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  18. OSINT Mirror Feed @osint-mirrors.bsky.socialShares news

    Source: @warmonitor3 on X Russian authorities have started mandatory temperature checks on flights from Irkutsk Siberia to Moscow due to the plague outbreak. Wow…

  19. @hiillbilly1950.bsky.social @hiillbilly1950.bsky.socialNew claim, unsourced

    There has been a lab accident in Eastern Siberia Russia when a lab technician accidently broke a test tube containing bacteria from the plague that killed 50 million people in the 14th century. The lab technician has since died and 200 people are in quarantine in Eastern Siberia, Russia.

  20. Toxteth O'Grady @toxteth1.bsky.socialNew claim, unsourced

    A guy in a lab in Irkutsk was researching plague, probably in a bid to create a bioweapon for Putin. He contracted pneumonic plague, a virulent and advanced form of bubonic plague, and died...

  21. Birdie, Barghest Bae @srslymagenta.bsky.socialReaction

    Ok. Everybody's freaking out about plague being back because a person died in Russia. Y. pestis has always been here, folks. The thing is, we have antibiotics, now. Using them intelligently and not wastefully is a big concern. Getting plague and dying from it are two different things.

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  22. Hedy Lamarr Stands with Ukraine🌻🌻 @hedylamarr1987.bsky.socialNew claim, unsourced

    @therickwilson.bsky.social @meidastouch.com @jackcocchiarella.bsky.social Pneumonic Plague has a 30-60% infection rate & 100% mortality rate. And we have RFK Jr running DHS. This seems like Putin is purposely spreading the plague. Likely a bioengineered, antibiotic resistant plague-at that.

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  23. USA TODAY @usatoday.comShares news

    Western officials are monitoring the situation in Russia after a worker at an institute that studies the plague suddenly died of an unknown illness.

    · bit.ly213
  24. Ars Technica News @arstechni.caShares news

    #ArsTechnica #Tech Mass quarantine issued in Russia after unexplained death of plague researcher https://arstechni.ca...

    · arstechni.ca
  25. @informalogic.bsky.social @informalogic.bsky.socialReaction

    Unbelievably our only options with this news is to Believe the Russians or the U.S. Rump admin. Thus we will never know the truth. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

    · theguardian.com1
  26. The Merlins in Berlin @themerlins.bsky.socialReaction

    Also: who in Russia decides to “study plague”??

  27. BanmarNJ @banmarnj.bsky.socialShares news

    Russia Moves to Tamp Down Speculation About Plague in Siberia The country’s consumer watchdog has said only that “an employee of an anti-plague institute in the Irkutsk Region” contracted pneumonia. Rumors and unconfirmed reports sounded a more ominous note.

    · nytimes.com
  28. Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.socialNew claim

    Marco Rubio says he's not worried about the plague outbreak in Russia and that there is no "cause for alarm"

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  29. @acdc25.bsky.social @acdc25.bsky.socialShares news

    The female staffer at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia and the Far East died from a “pneumonia of undetermined” origin last week, according to a regional governor. www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...

    · nbcnews.com
  30. Zeroisanumber @zeroisanumber.bsky.socialNew claim, unsourced

    Pneumonic plague can kill very rapidly and a regular schmuck might very well mistake it for flu until it's too late. Septicemic plague can kill within hours of the onset of symptoms, depending. Good news is they don't spread easily.

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  31. European News @eunews.socialShares news

    Russia reports a worker at a Siberian plague institute got pneumonia from an unknown cause and died Russian authorities say a staffer at a plague research institute in Siberia contracted pneumonia of an unknown cause, and local state TV reported the woman died last week.

    · apnews.com111
  32. cholly (please listen to the c-show podc @fluffy369.bsky.socialReaction

    yeah Russia is the last place we want a potential patient zero from "a pathogen that causes pneumonic plague" www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

    · telegraph.co.uk
  33. BlueBayOG @bluebayog.bsky.socialShares news

    Rubio reported today that a death potentially related to pneumonic plague in Siberia Russia has occurred. He also said quarantines have been imposed on several hospitals in Siberia. Rubio said unless someone gets on a plane and gets to the U.S, it is low risk. apple.news/AZQHEGp27TVK...

    · apple.news2
  34. WAGAANA.COM 🇺🇬 @wagaana.bsky.socialShares news

    Russia Quarantines Hundreds After Lab Worker Dies of Mysterious Pneumonia at Siberian Plague Institute – Lab Leak Rumors Swirl Amid Official Denials wagaana.com/article/russ...

    · wagaana.com
  35. The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.socialReaction

    Since a deadly plague is spreading in Russia right now, it seems a good time to remember that the CDC has been defunded by the Trump administration. I’m sure it’ll be fine though.

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  36. Hedy Lamarr Stands with Ukraine🌻🌻 @hedylamarr1987.bsky.socialReaction

    JFC! @maddow.bsky.social Here we go! Fun fact-some idiot is promoting the LIE pneumonic plague is not as bad as bubonic plague. It has a 30-60% infection rate & close to 100% mortality rate. And likely-this is bioengineered-or Russia would be giving people exposed prophylactic antibiotics.

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  37. The Bellingham Herald @bellinghamherald.comShares news

    U.S. and European officials are tracking a situation in southeastern Russia after a laboratory worker at an institute that studies the plague suddenly died of an unknown illness.

    · bit.ly
  38. Leonardo Fontenelle @leonardof.bertha.social.ap.brid.gyShares news

    A coluna de eventos recentes da Wikipédia em inglês listou destas duas notícias como referências confiáveis: https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/10/04/russia-plague-alert-as-lab-worker-dies-and-200-people-are-placed-in-quarantine/ […]

    · bertha.social1
  39. The PLOT DOC, MD🩺📝✍️ @theplotdoc.bsky.socialShares news

    A young (28yo) researcher in Russia purportedly died within 4 DAYS of being exposed to aerosolized plague. Pneumonic/airborne plague (rather than bubonic from fleas) is highly contagious and rapidly fatal after exposure. Hope it’s contained. Not a fun way to die. link.axios.com/click/477795...

    · link.axios.com11
  40. Top Drudge changes @topdrudge.dronewolf.comShares news

    changed: [top-left] PNEUMONIC PLAGUE SHAKING RUSSIA... https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/05/r... [top-left] Moscow accused of covering up... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2... [top-left] Lab worker dies as 200 enter medical observation... https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe... https://drudg

    · cnbc.com
  41. Erics_Mom 💙🌊 @ericsmom2006.bsky.socialShares news

    The death of a worker at an anti-plague laboratory in Russia has prompted officials to put at least one hospital facility under quarantine and nearly 200 people reportedly under medical observation as of Monday. www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...

    · nbcnews.com1
  42. RTÉ News @news.rte.ieShares news

    A laboratory worker at a plague research institute in Siberia has fallen ill and died in undisclosed circumstances, prompting authorities to quarantine dozens of people.

    · rte.ie67
  43. @wrenbyron.bsky.social @wrenbyron.bsky.socialShares news

    The pneumonic plague or bacterium Yersinia pestis killed 2,348 in 2017. When the lab technician accidentally broke the tube, the bacterium escaped into air of the lab? Russian lab worker dies of suspected plague as 200 enter medical observation www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...

    · nbcnews.com
  44. USpolitics 🇺🇸 @uspol.skyfleet.blueShares news

    Death of researcher at Russian plague laboratory 'particularly concerning': Birx

    · thehill.com
  45. AnnAspie @annaspie13.bsky.socialReaction

    RT myself: Put terrorussia in full quarantine. No flights/travel allowed to west. The lab worker, who according to sources broke a vial with plague & died (and all those in quarantine in russia there) and threat of plague gives us perfect opportunity & "excuse" to finally ban all travel to russians.

  46. Island of Reil @islandofreil.northsky.socialReaction

    In general, the reportage on here about the plague case in Siberia is alarmist. We have a few cases in the US every year because prairie dogs are a reservoir for Y. pestis. It can be treated with antibiotics. "Lab leak/bioweapon" narratives are at the very least premature and probably untrue.

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  47. Jay @ the deep dive @thedeepdive.bsky.socialNew claim, unsourced

    Russia implementing mandatory temperature screening for passengers arriving in Moscow from Irkutsk amid pneumonic plague concerns.

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  48. The Wall Street Journal @wsj.comShares news

    Russian authorities are investigating the death of a woman who worked at a Siberian institute for infectious diseases and have placed her contacts under close medical observation as they try to determine how she died.

    · on.wsj.com1
  49. Unapologetic Lee 🇨🇦 @ogcanada.bsky.socialNew claim, unsourced

    Why did Russia delete all information about it being called the plague, and why are there 5 hospitals locked down, with masks and antibiotics sold out?

  50. Hedy Lamarr Stands with Ukraine🌻🌻 @hedylamarr1987.bsky.socialReaction

    It has a 30-60% infection rate & almost 100% mortality rate. So-if Russians let loose an antibiotic resistant pneumonic plague-we'll need massive grave pits ASAP. Man-I really didn't want to have to go through another Pandemic-especially one even worse than Covid-especially w/idiots in charge.

  51. Hedy Lamarr Stands with Ukraine🌻🌻 @hedylamarr1987.bsky.socialReaction

    Betcha this plague was bioengineered to be antibiotic resistant. Or why not just give out prophylactic antibiotics now? Great time to have RFK Jr in charge of America's non-existent Pandemic Response Team. And some idiot is putting out the LIE pneumonic plague isn't as bad when it's 100X worse!

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  52. PINO FOTUS @pino-fotus.bsky.socialReaction

    “What was in that test tube? Had that bacteria been modified in any way during the research they were doing? And this woman travelled after exposure with pneumonic #plague which means it’s in her lungs. She potentially could have exposed many people because that is then transmissible by droplet?”

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  53. Statesora News @statesora.bsky.socialShares news

    Russian lab worker dies of suspected pneumonic plague – NBC New York According to local media reports, a 28-year-old laboratory worker in Russia's Siberia region who may have been infected with pneumonic plague died. Nearly 200 people are currently under medical observation. While Russian…

    · usanews24.live
  54. Amerivo @amerivo.bsky.socialShares news

    Russian lab worker dies of suspected pneumonic plague – NBC New York According to local media reports, a 28-year-old laboratory worker in Russia's Siberia region who may have been infected with pneumonic plague died. Nearly 200 people are currently under medical observation. While Russian…

    · usanews24.live
  55. The States Journal @thestatesjournal.bsky.socialShares news

    Russian lab worker dies of suspected pneumonic plague – NBC New York According to local media reports, a 28-year-old laboratory worker in Russia's Siberia region who may have been infected with pneumonic plague died. Nearly 200 people are currently under medical observation. While Russian…

    · usanews24.live
  56. NationScope USA @nationscopeusa.bsky.socialShares news

    Russian lab worker dies of suspected pneumonic plague – NBC New York According to local media reports, a 28-year-old laboratory worker in Russia's Siberia region who may have been infected with pneumonic plague died. Nearly 200 people are currently under medical observation. While Russian…

    · usanews24.live
  57. Stateside Wire @statesidewire.bsky.socialShares news

    Russian lab worker dies of suspected pneumonic plague – NBC New York According to local media reports, a 28-year-old laboratory worker in Russia's Siberia region who may have been infected with pneumonic plague died. Nearly 200 people are currently under medical observation. While Russian…

    · usanews24.live
  58. usanews24.live @jafifsd.bsky.socialShares news

    Russian lab worker dies of suspected pneumonic plague – NBC New York According to local media reports, a 28-year-old laboratory worker in Russia's Siberia region who may have been infected with pneumonic plague died. Nearly 200 people are currently under medical observation. While Russian…

    · usanews24.live
  59. American News Desk @annylon.bsky.socialShares news

    Russian lab worker dies of suspected pneumonic plague – NBC New York According to local media reports, a 28-year-old laboratory worker in Russia's Siberia region who may have been infected with pneumonic plague died. Nearly 200 people are currently under medical observation. While Russian…

    · usanews24.live
  60. USA Storyline @angilt.bsky.socialShares news

    Russian lab worker dies of suspected pneumonic plague – NBC New York According to local media reports, a 28-year-old laboratory worker in Russia's Siberia region who may have been infected with pneumonic plague died. Nearly 200 people are currently under medical observation. While Russian…

    · usanews24.live
  61. The USA Report @marilytsd.bsky.socialShares news

    Russian lab worker dies of suspected pneumonic plague – NBC New York According to local media reports, a 28-year-old laboratory worker in Russia's Siberia region who may have been infected with pneumonic plague died. Nearly 200 people are currently under medical observation. While Russian…

    · usanews24.live
  62. American News Today @maruydf.bsky.socialShares news

    Russian lab worker dies of suspected pneumonic plague – NBC New York According to local media reports, a 28-year-old laboratory worker in Russia's Siberia region who may have been infected with pneumonic plague died. Nearly 200 people are currently under medical observation. While Russian…

    · usanews24.live
  63. Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦 @perevaa.bsky.socialNew claim, unsourced

    Reports of a #plague outbreak in Russia are prompting tighter border health checks in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia. Several hospitals in Irkutsk are also reportedly under quarantine after a patient died at Shelekhov District Hospital on Oct 1.

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  64. Fort Worth Star-Telegram @star-telegram.comShares news

    U.S. and European officials are tracking a situation in southeastern Russia after a laboratory worker at an institute that studies the plague suddenly died of an unknown illness.

    · bit.ly
  65. James Geary @jamesmgeary.bsky.socialReaction

    This is another scary that's escaped into the world, as if we needed any more. The way Russian authorities are reacting is kind of suggesting this is something more than typical pneumonic plague that can be treated with antibiotics and might be a resistant strain. 😬

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  66. Sarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.socialReaction

    Oooook.... new plague from Russia? Yeah, not sure I like the sound of that. Hopefully it's just propaganda to scare the shit out of people and not actually... you know....actual.

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  67. "How" @myoneandonlykat.bsky.socialReaction

    Is Russia considering releasing a pathogen (pneumonic plague) somewhere in the world? How else would/could there have been an “accident” in a Siberian lab? Asking for a way too logical friend.

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  68. Alethekanon @judgement-bot.bsky.socialNew claim

    The State Department and CDC are monitoring an unconfirmed pneumonic plague report in Siberia while urging Russian authorities to share verified data.

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  69. Alethekanon @judgement-bot.bsky.socialShares news

    U.S. officials are closely tracking reports of a fatal pneumonic plague case in Russia's Irkutsk Oblast, urging Moscow to share timely and accurate information. Stated Judgement: (+0.5, 0.0) — Good Preference

    · foxnews.com1
  70. Alethekanon @judgement-bot.bsky.socialNew claim, unsourced

    US tracks unconfirmed Russian plague case while demanding transparency from Moscow. Evidence: Unconfirmed death report, State Dept warning, geopolitical leverage #Aletheia #Geopolitics #PublicHealth

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  71. wavedeva @wavedeva.bsky.socialShares news

    "...agencies have been working to learn more about the reported death of a laboratory worker who was employed at an institute dedicated to studying #plague and #quarantines imposed on several hospitals in #Siberia..." #Russia #PublicHealth #PneumonicPlague

  72. Leia Taillefur @leiataillefur.bsky.socialReaction

    Political commentators on cable news shouldn't discuss possible plague in Urkutsk. Leave it to medical specialists. If it's plague, the difference between pneumonic (most likely as described)still almost 100% fatal and bubonic plague (famous fm Black Death), curable w/basic antibiotics, is huge.

  73. The Writer of Dragons @writerofdragons.bsky.socialNew claim, unsourced

    When covid had origins in China. Pneumonic plague has origins in Russia.

  74. WKBN 27 First News @wkbn.bsky.socialShares news

    State Department monitoring reports of suspected plague death in Russia

    · wkbn.com
  75. Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.socialShares news

    RFI and follow-up: Fatal pneumonia of unspecified etiology in a laboratory worker in Irkutsk Region, Russia; possible plague via @beaconbio.bsky.social - beaconbio.org/en/report/?r...

    · beaconbio.org1
  76. The Right News, Right Now. @porcellato.bsky.socialShares news

    Secretary of State Marco Rubio says U.S. is monitoring plague reports in Russia, no cause for alarm https://ift.tt/iFcnmAJ

    · ift.tt
  77. GnutieZ @gnutiez.bsky.socialShares news

    www.theguardian.com headline change ⚠️ Framing Shift (7/10) ➡️ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/05/russia-lab-worker-possibly-dies-of-plague-siberia-quarantine-measures-irkutsk New text is now US closely monitoring case of lab worker who ‘possibly’ died of plague in Siberia, ...

    · theguardian.com
  78. Alicia Ziff @alicia0001.bsky.socialReaction

    Is this "germ warfare"? Has Russia's inability to win the Ukrainian war they started pushed Putin to win by other means? Fighting this type of war leaves America in the hands of an incompetent HHS Sec Robert Kennedy, Jr.

    · nbcnews.com1
  79. Lee Rudnicki @leerudnicki.bsky.socialReaction

    Apparently, a form of plague escaped from a bio-lab in Irkutsk, Russia, five hospitals are in quarantine. Luckily, I played the board game Risk in my college days, so I know where Irkutsk is. RFK Jr, not so much.

    · static.klipy.com
  80. Straight Arrow @san.comShares news

    A Trump administration official told Axios that the U.S. "is aware, monitoring the outbreak, and assessing options.” san.com/cc/not-a-cau...

  81. Tengrain @tengrain.bsky.socialShares news

    This is fine. I'm so relieved that Bobby Brainworm is in charge. /snark The Mouth of Sauron email thingie: The White House is monitoring reports of a suspected plague case and related quarantines in Russia, a Trump administration official told Axios' Alex Isenstadt. Russian health authorities have…

    · mockpaperscissors.com
  82. @jpure.bsky.social @jpure.bsky.socialShares news

    Massive plague leaked from lab in Russia “A researcher at a Russian institute researching plague and other pathogens in Siberia has died after developing pneumonia, prompting authorities to reportedly place

    · forbes.com1
  83. FOX 13 Seattle @fox13seattle.bsky.socialShares news

    The State Department is monitoring reports of a suspected fatal pneumonic plague case in Russia and is urging Moscow to share accurate information quickly as details remain unconfirmed.

    · bit.ly
  84. Bob Mayer @bobmayer.bsky.socialReaction

    A 28-year-old laboratory technician at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute in Shelekhov, Russia, died from an undiagnosed pneumonia. This is literally the opening of Biological Warfare by Annie Jacobsen link.amazon/B0fB00s2o Just great.

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  85. Consumed @consumed.bsky.socialReaction

    So, after years of accusing China of weaponizing covid... there's an outbreak of pneumatic plague in Russia?

  86. @ashlee5228.bsky.social @ashlee5228.bsky.socialNew claim, unsourced

    @nytimes.com Russia is creating a bio weapon a plague, a 28 year old lab worker died when she broke a test tube in a Plague lab, could be another Covid? Don’t blame China, it is Russia who is starting it!

  87. Cunty Poopster @cuntypoopster.bsky.socialReaction

    Yesterday I was saying to Mark that at least the plague was in Siberia. I guess lots of you want out of Siberia rn. Probably should get used to wearing masks again.

  88. Long Covid Advocacy @longcovidadvoc.comReaction

    With pneumonic plague threatening, it reminds us that we are in a worse place if another pandemic strikes: 🔸Mitigations has been minimised 🔸Masks are political 🔸'Normal' has been pushed at all cost 🔸Compliance with public health is lower 🔸Disinformation is prominent AND the immune damage from Cvid

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  89. Giuseppe Michieli @gmik69bsky.bsky.socialShares news

    Several Central Asian #countries have strengthened #border #quarantine measures after #Russia reported a possible pneumonic #plague case (NetEase, Oct. 5 '26), etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/10/seve...

    · etidiohnew.blogspot.com
  90. Brad McHargue | Your Best Friend @bradmchargue.bsky.socialNew claim, unsourced

    Are you referring to the Russia thing? I think that's the pneumonic plague (same bacterium, different form) that can spread via droplets; i.e. human to human. That's why it's way way worse. It's also almost 100% fatal.

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  91. Joe Murrey @duncandognut.bsky.socialShares news

    *** First reports said a woman working at a plague research facility in Irkutsk dropped a test tube of pneumonic plague that broke; but, treated immediately, she survived and 200 workers were quarantined. She died? Was she researching "gain of function" with the plague? apnews.com/article/russ...

    · apnews.com
  92. The Right News, Right Now. @porcellato.bsky.socialShares news

    Russia reports a worker at a Siberian plague institute got pneumonia from an unknown cause and died https://ift.tt/xDRu7pO

    · ift.tt
  93. Bruce Erickson @bruceerickson.bsky.socialReaction

    The U.S. averages about 7 human cases of plague per year, mostly in rural western states and fatalities are rare. While 5 have died with measles in Pennsylvania this year. The MMR vaccine should be our top priority not what is happening in secretive Russia with very confusing news about the plague.

  94. Brandy @3dogz.bsky.socialReaction

    Scoop: White House monitors suspected plague outbreak in Russia Oh good, we've got BrainWorms and Diaper boy on it. We can all rest easy now www.axios.com/2026/10/04/r...

    · axios.com
  95. Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.comShares news

    Russia reports worker at Siberian plague institute got pneumonia from an unknown cause and died

    · chicagotribune.com1
  96. Andy Bonar @aquarama.bsky.socialReaction

    not now, pneumonic plague, FFS

  97. Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.socialReaction

    I'm still trying to figure out how this happened and so far, the only answer is typical Russian sloppiness. This woman was working in a BSL-3 lab. There are safety protocols in place so this doesn't happen. Here are a few of them: * NEGATIVE AIR PRESSURE: air flows inward to the lab rather than

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  98. The Right News, Right Now. @porcellato.bsky.socialShares news

    Russia reports a worker at a Siberian plague institute got pneumonia from an unknown cause and died https://ift.tt/wIaGHyV

    · ift.tt
  99. The Right News, Right Now. @porcellato.bsky.socialShares news

    Russia reports a worker at a Siberian plague institute got pneumonia from an unknown cause and died https://ift.tt/ZTxRX0l

    · ift.tt
  100. The Right News, Right Now. @porcellato.bsky.socialShares news

    Russia reports a worker at a Siberian plague institute got pneumonia from an unknown cause and died https://ift.tt/vxfrWQe

    · ift.tt
  101. The Irish Times @irishtimes.comShares news

    Mystery death at Russian plague research institute sparks quarantine measures across Siberia

    · irishtimes.com41
  102. The Right News, Right Now. @porcellato.bsky.socialShares news

    Russia reports a worker at a Siberian plague institute got pneumonia from an unknown cause and died https://ift.tt/SlrOB7J

    · ift.tt
  103. Mary (geographile) @geographile.bsky.socialReaction

    This is much better, maybe she was exposed to work, no mention of virus, etc. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o... They still aren't dividing "plague," which is sometimes found in fleas in campgrounds in the US, it's treatable by antibiotics if people do get it. (They mention that, too.)

    · theguardian.com2
  104. The Irish Times @irishtimes.comShares news

    Mystery death at Russian plague research institute sparks quarantine measures across Siberia

    · irishtimes.com
  105. praying mantis @gentlem.bsky.socialReaction

    irknipchi.ru/index_eng.htm As news of this makes its way to us, it’s important to not randomly assign a bio-weapons descriptor to this lab. #Irkutsk was founded in 1934 to combat dangerous infectious diseases. The work is anti-epidemic sci med research. There are no references to bio weapons.

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  106. VernonReporter.Com @vernonreporter.comShares news

    Russian authorities have quarantined a hospital and are monitoring contacts of an employee at a plague research institute in Siberia who contracted pneumonia of an “unknown https://vernonreporter.com/russia-reports-a-worker-at-a-siberian-plague-institute-got-pneumonia-from-an-unknown-cause-and-died/

    · vernonreporter.com
  107. Daredevil @therealdaredevil.bsky.socialReaction

    Rubio says there is no cause for alarm, which means the situation is beyond critical. www.huffpost.com/entry/russia...

    · huffpost.com11
  108. Euronews @euronews.comShares news

    Russia denies lab worker died of plague as quarantine stays in place ➡️ https://l.euronews.com/7LOZ

    · l.euronews.com14
  109. NewsLink7.com @newslink7.bsky.socialShares news

    Plague Scare in Russia: Lab Worker Dies, Nearly 200 Under Observation as U.S. Monitors Case Read now: newslink7.com/russia-plagu...

    · newslink7.com1
  110. bne IntelliNews @intellinews.comShares news

    Russia's Irkutsk hospitals deny plague quarantine reports: Four Irkutsk hospitals say they are operating normally after social media posts claimed a three-week plague quarantine. Bne IntelliNews #Russia #Irkutsk #Plague #Hospitals #HealthNews

    · dlvr.it
  111. Flingjore @flingjore.comShares news

    WHO and State Department officials demand transparent outbreak data after a lab worker dies of suspected pneumonic plague in Russia. The Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute fatality forces a regional hospital into strict quarantine and strands nearly 200 local contacts in medical isolation.

    · nbcnews.com11
  112. France Today (FranciaOggi.com) Live @radionizza.comShares news

    Russia: A suspected plague case emerged in Siberia. Moscow claims control, while the US monitors closely following a researcher’s pneumonia death. Context: Warming Siberian temperatures ... Fact Check by huihui_ai/Qwen3.6-abliterated:35b-a3b https://bsky.app/profile/lemonde.fr/post/3mx56m5lvrg2k

    · bsky.app
  113. Scandinavian News Finland 🇫🇮 @snnmedia.bsky.socialNew claim, unsourced

    Passengers from Irkutsk are now subject to mandatory temperature checks when they land in Moscow, as authorities look for possible pneumonic plague cases.#Russia #Moscow #Irkutsk #PneumonicPlague #Plague #TemperatureChecks #FeverScreening #snnfinland

  114. Amesh Adalja @ameshaa.bsky.socialExpert view

    In this TV interview I discuss the suspected “plague” incident in Russia. The response is incongruent with plague and there is a real need for transparency

  115. Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.socialShares news

    RFI and follow-up: Fatal pneumonia of unspecified etiology in a laboratory worker in Irkutsk Region, Russia; possible plague ( Oct 4 ) beaconbio.org/en/report/?r...

    · beaconbio.org
  116. BETH BAE 🚫DMs @yolowinr.bsky.socialNew claim, unsourced

    This is the pneumonic plague not bubonic. If not attended to immediately if not cared for immediately the fatality rate is 100%

  117. Ralph Fiennes (star of Conclave) @platonious.bsky.socialNew claim, unsourced

    Biological Warfare Dept: Reports out of Russia said 189 people were being monitored following the death of an employee at an anti-plague (Bio-Weapons lab) research institute in Irkutsk. Reports out of the Republic of Buryatia, said the woman had died from an unspecified form of plague.

  118. Dawn “Rav” Revontulet @ravbunneh.bsky.socialReaction

    So the pneumonic plague was not on my 2026 bingo card. I only need "Space Aliens w/ Gender Change ray-guns" to win.

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  119. Gareth Ramsay @garethramsay.bsky.socialReaction

    Just the sound of pneumonic plague makes me feel tyred

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  120. Sue W @suew.bsky.socialReaction

    Would not surprise me if this lab was being used as part of #Putin's plan for #biological #warfare. #Russian lab worker dies of suspected plague as hundreds placed in quarantine www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

    · independent.co.uk