This is like Ebola. It happens so fast, and you die so quickly, and infected person doesn't have time to spread it to large numbers of people. Unless they fly on a large plane or attend large, indoor gatherings like sports games or concerts. There are nightmare scenarios. #Russia #Plague

...& somewhere in Siberia someone sit in a bus or a plane going somewhere else... #plague

Seeing many posts about #plague, so a reminder:

Plague is serious -- an incident involving a high-containment lab warrants investigation.

Right now, we have an unexplained death from pneumonia, NOT confirmed plague or evidence of an outbreak.

Watch closely. Avoid speculation. Follow the evidence.

Do I trust the Russian government to give us the full story on what happened?

No.

Do I trust our government to competently address this if it becomes a serious issue?

Also no.

Why do we play around with this crap in the first place? #Plague

www.yahoo.com/news/science...

Thanks to incompetent leadership, we are devastatingly unprepared for what's about to happen.. #plague

Important thread on the #Russian #plague incident by a bio security expert on X.

For those terrified of the Russian plague. Calm down.
#russia
#plague

www.cnn.com/2026/10/04/w...

Panic in Siberia after a lab worker handling plague pathogens died. Authorities have quarantined ~200 people and closed hospitals in Shelekhov, Irkutsk region, amid fears of a pneumonic plague outbreak. Official cause of death stated as 'pneumonia of unknown aetiology'. #plague #News

"The pathogen in question has been said to be the deadly but treatable pneumonic plague"

#Plague #Russia #Putin #Outbreak

One unexplained death in Russia, with possible concerns about #plague, is dominating headlines.

Meanwhile, #Ebola continues to worsen in DRC with 8,300 cases. 4,018 deaths since May

Yet much of the world and the media seems to have moved on.

What’s wrong with this picture?

Map Shows Countries Hit by Plague as Russian Lab Worker Dies
->Newsweek | More on "Plague outbreak and disease spread" at BigEarthData.ai | #Plague #RussiaUkraineWar

The beaked mask belongs to history, but Yersinia pestis never disappeared.

The reports of plague returning are unsettling - let's hope for early recognition, prompt antibiotics and strong public health surveillance...

#Plague

Authorities in Baykalsk urged residents on Oct. 3 to temporarily avoid traveling to Shelekhov and nearby settlements due to the reported plague case — then deleted the warning less than two hours later. #plague #Russia