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Fauci must be feeling jealous.
He thought depopulation was his mission...
He thought depopulation was his mission...
HEALTH There's been a pneumonic plague outbreak at a BSL-3 lab in Siberia, Russia.
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RFI: Fatal laboratory-acquired infection in Irkutsk Region, Russia; possible pneumonic plague; 197 contacts hospitalized for observation
Sat 03 Oct 2026Sources
- Nearly 200 people under observation after Irkutsk lab worker dies from plague. The Moscow Times. 02 Oct 2026
- Hospital in Russia's Irkutsk Region quarantined amid reports that a patient died of pneumonic plague. Meduza/IrCity. 02 Oct 2026
- A 28-year-old woman died of plague in Irkutsk Region. DW. 02 Oct 2026 (in Russian)
- Tsydyenov refuted the information about the arrival in Buryatia of the woman who died from the plague. UlanMedia. 02 Oct 2026 (in Russian)
- The Head of Buryatia calls the detected infection in a Priangarya resident "plague". IrkutskMedia. 02 Oct 2026 (in Russian)
- Plague in the Irkutsk Region: A researcher died after breaking a test tube. Almost 200 people were hospitalized. Govorit NeMoskva. 02 Oct 2026 (in Russian)
- Statement by the Head of the Republic of Buryatia, Rospotrebnadzor and the Government of the Republic of Buryatia. VK. 02 Oct 2026
- In the Irkutsk Region, a woman died from an unidentified infection. RIA Novosti. 02 Oct 2026 (in Russian)
- According to news media reports, on 01 Oct 2026, a 28-year-old female clinical laboratory diagnostics specialist died at Shelekhov District Hospital in Irkutsk Region, Russia, from possible pneumonic plague.
- The probable exposure event occurred on or around 25 Sep 2026, when the deceased reportedly broke a test tube containing live Yersinia pestis bacteria while collecting biomaterial samples for diagnostics at an anti-plague research facility. She was hospitalized on 29 Sep 2026 with severe pneumonia and placed on a ventilator before dying on 01 Oct 2026.
- Official statements stop short of publicly confirming plague, except for a statement by Alexey Tsydenov, head of the Buryatia government, who described the case as plague (in Russian).
- As of 02 Oct 2026, a total of 197 contacts (community and hospital) were reportedly identified; 189 were hospitalized for observation across at least three facilities, including 114 in one medical facility, 63 in another, and 12 at the Anti-Plague Institute; as of 02 Oct 2026, contacts reportedly showed no signs of illness.
- The Shelekhov District Hospital's inpatient department was placed under quarantine from 01 Oct 2026, suspending patient admissions and discharges; the outpatient clinic remained open; Federal Security Service (FSB) units reportedly escorted ambulances transporting contact persons for examination.
- According to reports, Russia's chief sanitary officer, Anna Popova (head of the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare/Rospotrebnadzor), traveled to Irkutsk to attend an emergency meeting of the regional Sanitary and Anti-Epidemic Commission, where a containment action plan was approved. A criminal investigation was opened for violating sanitary and epidemiological rules that resulted in death.
- Epidemiological analysis and public health impact
- If confirmed as pneumonic plague, the incident would constitute a laboratory-acquired infection (LAI) rather than a naturally occurring zoonotic spillover event, a mechanistically distinct exposure pathway with its own biosafety implications. Accidental breakage of a live-culture test tube bypasses the flea-vector or animal-contact route entirely, resulting in direct, high-dose mucosal or inhalation exposure to Y. pestis, consistent with the rapid progression to pneumonic disease and death. Pneumonic plague is the most dangerous clinical form of Y. pestis infection: it is transmissible person-to-person via respiratory droplets and, without prompt antibiotic therapy, carries a case fatality rate (CFR) approaching 100%.
- Several components of the report require further clarification. First, Y. pestis research is typically conducted in biosafety level 3 facilities. If a laboratory worker has had an LAI with the pathogen, she would generally be initiated on antibiotic prophylaxis for up to 7 days after exposure. This raises questions about the patient’s disease progression, whether the incident was reported, whether prophylaxis was administered, and whether it was effective.
- Second, if the LAI was reported, a lab worker would generally be under observation, and any symptoms would be reported to the healthcare facility at admission, allowing it to implement appropriate infection control measures. The fact that the index patient was symptomatic and on a ventilator in a general district hospital could have created a window for potential nosocomial and community exposure, explaining the scale of the contact tracing response (197 individuals) if the pathogen is confirmed as Y. pestis. However, the absence of mention of antibiotic prophylaxis for exposed individuals suggests that Y. pestis might not be suspected as the pathogen.
- The involvement of Russia's national-level Rospotrebnadzor leadership, FSB escort of ambulances, and coordination with specialist institutes in Novosibirsk, Moscow, and St. Petersburg reflects the Category A bioterrorism-tier classification of select pathogens in national emergency frameworks and indicates that the response has been escalated well beyond routine regional capacity.
- Additional information is required to determine whether this was truly an exposure to Y. pestis or another pathogen.
Comparative analysis and future outlook
- The immediate trajectory depends on whether this case is confirmed as pneumonic plague or another category A agent, and, if so, whether the 197 contacts remain symptom-free. Any undetected secondary case in a community or healthcare setting would substantially escalate risk.
- Warning signs of a worsening situation include onset of fever or respiratory symptoms among any of the 197 contacts; identification of additional contacts not yet traced; evidence that the index patient had community exposures (e.g., public transportation, markets) prior to hospitalization; or any indication that the source vial or laboratory environment was not fully decontaminated. The ongoing criminal investigation and reported media restrictions on healthcare worker communications may delay early warning of secondary cases, posing an information-transparency risk for the public health response.
- This is an evolving situation, and information will be updated.
BEACON would appreciate any additional information regarding this event, including diagnostic confirmation, official confirmation, patient vaccination status, clinical course and treatment details, and other information related to the epidemiological investigation. Relevant information can be submitted via add information.
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Suspected Plague Death at Russian Lab Sparks ‘Anti-Epidemic’ Lockdown
Published
Oct 03, 2026 at 07:31 AM EDT
A woman has died of suspected plague in Siberia, triggering a "full range of anti-epidemic measures," according to Russian officials and media reports.
Igor Kobzev, the governor of the Russian Irkutsk region, said on Friday he had met with the head of Rospotrebnadzor, Russia's public health agency, about "a suspected case of a regional resident with a particularly dangerous infection."
The deceased person was named by the People of Baikal publication, a regional Russian independent outlet, as Daria Shipilova, a 28-year-old lab technician working at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute.
Ten countries reported suspected or confirmed cases of plague between 2019 and 2025, totaling nearly 4,000 suspected occurrences according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Plague can be transmitted by fleas infected with the Yersinia pestis bacterium, or pass to humans when they come into contact with infected material, animals or particles. The bubonic plague is the most common type of plague, but the bacterium also cause pneumonic and septicaemic plague.
Plague was responsible for millions of deaths over thousands of years, including the Black Death, which ravaged Europe and killed an estimated one third of the population of the continent in the 14th Century. Health experts say plague is now treatable with antibiotics, as long as it is detected early.
Local Hospital Placed Under Quarantine
The woman died in the town of Shelekhov, on the outskirts of Irkutsk's main city, on Friday, according to the People of Baikal.Shelekhov mayor Maxim Modin said the local hospital had been placed under quarantine. Lab tests have been suspended, with no new patients being released or admitted, he said.
Alexey Tsydenov, the governor of the neighboring Buryatia region, said a woman had died "possibly from plague."
Russian authorities are "implementing a full range of anti-epidemic measures," Kobzev said, adding an unspecified number of people had been placed under medical observation.
Around 200 people have been identified as coming into contact with the deceased woman, Russian media in Irkutsk reported.
The woman died of the pneumonic plague, according to a popular Telegram channel with links to Russia's security services.
The Different Types of Plague
Pneumonic plague is described by the WHO as "most virulent form of plague," which affects the lungs and can have an incubation period of as little as 24 hours.Pneumonic plague causes symptoms such as coughing and shortness of breath, and health experts say it is the most contagious type of plague, because it can be easily spread from person to person by respiratory particles.
Bubonic plague, meanwhile, is the most common type of plague and triggers chills, vomiting, achiness and a fever in those who contract the disease after being bitten by an infected flea. Often, those with bubonic plague will also suffer from inflamed lymph nodes which can then turn into pus-filled sores.
In advanced stages of bubonic plague, it can then spread to the lungs and become pneumonic plague. If bubonic plague reaches the bloodstream, this can lead to septicaemic plague.
Between 2019 and 2025, Mongolia—which borders Buryatia—confirmed 17 cases of plague, which killed seven people. Five people died of bubonic plague, while two of the deceased had contracted septicaemic plague.
Hunter-gatherers living around Lake Baikal in southeastern Siberia, experienced deadly plague outbreaks roughly 5,500 years ago, a scientific study published in June concluded.
Contact Newsweek editor on this story: Edward Pearcey.
Plain Jane
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5Daria Shipilova, 28, a laboratory assistant at the Irkutsk anti-plague Research Institute of Siberia and the
Far East, was the first to die of the illness after she reportedly dropped a test tube in the lab.Daria Shipilova/e2w
Plain Jane
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Lake Baikal Ice-clad Lake Baikal and its only outlet, the Angara River, at Irkutsk, Russia.
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Krayola
Veteran Member
This story has sounded "off" to me from the beginning. I could not figure out how the lab worker ended up exposing almost 200 people unless she was just grossly incompetent.
First of all, breaking a test tube?! Is that really how they do things?!! I would refuse to work there if all that stood between me and certain death on a daily basis was this little piece of glass. That's asking for trouble because sooner or later, someone will make a mistake and knock something over or drop it and now you're dead. I've never worked in a lab but that just sounds asinine to me.
The main thing that bothered me, is does she not know what she is working with? If she drops the test tube, why would she not say something immediately so that life saving measures could be taken (if they exist) and so she can immediately be quarantined? But no, apparently she went her merry way exposing everyone she came into contact with and when she became ill she went to a regular hospital and exposed people at the hospital???!!!! Again, either the lab worker is majorly stupid/incompetent or she had no idea she was exposed.
Prior post 42 says that typically a prophylactic antibiotic is administered after exposure but it sounds like this did not happen. I'm thinking the broken test tube story is a complete fabrication......
First of all, breaking a test tube?! Is that really how they do things?!! I would refuse to work there if all that stood between me and certain death on a daily basis was this little piece of glass. That's asking for trouble because sooner or later, someone will make a mistake and knock something over or drop it and now you're dead. I've never worked in a lab but that just sounds asinine to me.
The main thing that bothered me, is does she not know what she is working with? If she drops the test tube, why would she not say something immediately so that life saving measures could be taken (if they exist) and so she can immediately be quarantined? But no, apparently she went her merry way exposing everyone she came into contact with and when she became ill she went to a regular hospital and exposed people at the hospital???!!!! Again, either the lab worker is majorly stupid/incompetent or she had no idea she was exposed.
Prior post 42 says that typically a prophylactic antibiotic is administered after exposure but it sounds like this did not happen. I'm thinking the broken test tube story is a complete fabrication......
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auxman
Deus Vult
One case does not constitute an "outbreak."
Nicolas Hulscher:
Before everyone panics about the lab-acquired pneumonic plague infection in Russia:
This isn’t the 1300s.
We now have effective treatments (antibiotics).
At least five documented pneumonic plague outbreaks/clusters have occurred since 2011.
NONE became a pandemic.
Multiple lab-acquired plague infections have also occurred in modern history.
NONE became a pandemic.
RT 1:53
View: https://x.com/NicHulscher/status/2106414719187787828
Nicolas Hulscher:
Before everyone panics about the lab-acquired pneumonic plague infection in Russia:
This isn’t the 1300s.
We now have effective treatments (antibiotics).
At least five documented pneumonic plague outbreaks/clusters have occurred since 2011.
NONE became a pandemic.
Multiple lab-acquired plague infections have also occurred in modern history.
NONE became a pandemic.
RT 1:53
View: https://x.com/NicHulscher/status/2106414719187787828
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savurselvs
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That was a crappy thing to say dude!!
Countrymouse
Country exile in the city
Are these the only ones?
I remember how BOTH drugs cause extreme harm to the tendons, and to many (including in my family) emotional/mental effects as well.
They are no longer recommended as a first line of defense by doctors.
helen
Panic Sex Lady
Why is a 100% fatal respiratory bug only held at level 3?
If she reported breaking it open, wouldn't she go into quarantine with prophylactic antibiotics immediately?
Was someone trying to smuggle it out disguised in a vial of less-lethal soup?
Did this girl even know she was exposed?
Is this just an uh-oh lab leak being minimized like a simple accident?
If she reported breaking it open, wouldn't she go into quarantine with prophylactic antibiotics immediately?
Was someone trying to smuggle it out disguised in a vial of less-lethal soup?
Did this girl even know she was exposed?
Is this just an uh-oh lab leak being minimized like a simple accident?
Plain Jane
Just Plain Jane
This is getting murkier but I suspect that the rumor mill is working overtime.
www.zerohedge.com
Saturday, Oct 03, 2026 - 06:05 PM
A possible plague case in Siberia has triggered a major containment effort after the death of a 28-year-old employee of an anti-plague laboratory. A hospital wing is under quarantine, nearly 200 people are reportedly under observation, and Russia's chief sanitary official has flown in. Local outlets say FSB units have been escorting ambulances carrying the woman's contacts for examination.
The authorities are clearly taking the threat seriously - but getting a straight answer out of the feds is another matter. Irkutsk Governor Igor Kobzev is still calling it a "particularly dangerous infection," while assuring residents that every identified contact is symptom-free and testing negative.
The dead lab worker has been identified as Daria Shipilova, a laboratory assistant at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East, according to Lyudi Baikala and REN TV. She was admitted to hospital in Shelekhov with severe pneumonia, placed on a ventilator, and died. Reports differ slightly on the timeline: The Moscow Times gives a September 29 admission and a Thursday death (48 hours), while Lyudi Baikala says she spent three days in hospital.
According to The Moscow Times, Shipilova told medical staff she had accidentally broken a tube containing live bacteria while collecting samples. Lyudi Baikala, citing journalist Pavel Stepanov and the Telegram channel Mash, placed the alleged accident on September 25 and linked it to plague bacteria. Those reports describe the illness as pneumonic plague, although neither that diagnosis nor the laboratory accident has been publicly confirmed by investigators. IRK.ru reported that doctors initially suspected severe COVID and sent her to the hospital's COVID center.
By the evening of October 1, security and administrative officials were meeting in Irkutsk. Lyudi Baikala, citing a source close to law enforcement, reported that FSB units began accompanying ambulances transporting Shipilova's contacts for examination that day. The Insider carried the same account, while residents reported seeing people in protective suits on the streets. The FSB has not confirmed the escorts.
Shelekhov district head Maxim Modin confirmed that the hospital's inpatient department was under quarantine; the outpatient clinic remained open. Kobzev said the sanitary-epidemiological commission had convened on October 2 over a suspected "particularly dangerous infection." Anna Popova, who heads Rospotrebnadzor, the federal agency that runs Russia's disease surveillance and owns the anti-plague institutes, traveled to attend. The governor told TASS it was premature to identify the disease and made no mention of a death. Irkutsk also postponed a city cleanup day scheduled for October 3.
The reported contact numbers suggest how widely authorities are casting the net. REN TV and Izvestia put the total at roughly 197, with 189 hospitalized for observation: 114 in one facility, 63 in another, and 12 at the anti-plague institute. Eight remained outside hospital, and some accounts said the list was still growing. No secondary infection has been confirmed. Kobzev's October 2 statement said the contacts had no symptoms and negative tests, although some media reports claimed several people under observation had developed symptoms.
Meanwhile, competing accounts sent Shipilova to Thailand or Buryatia before she fell ill. Tsydenov denied the Buryatia visit. Gennady Onishchenko, who ran Rospotrebnadzor until 2013, questioned whether plague was involved at all, pointing to dormant rodents and fleas and snow already falling in Buryatia. That argument addresses a possible wildlife exposure; it does not resolve the allegation that she broke a tube of bacteria at work.
Izvestia and the Telegram channel Ostorozhno Novosti both report that investigators have opened a criminal case under Article 236, which covers sanitary violations that cause death by negligence. Nobody has confirmed it on the record. That charge only makes sense if somebody broke a rule at work.
By Saturday, some of the public information was disappearing. Baikalsk's administration posted a notice urging residents to limit travel to Shelekhov and nearby settlements, citing "unofficial information" about a plague case. Roughly two hours later, the notice was gone. REN TV also deleted five Telegram posts about the Shelekhov hospitalization figures.
Kobzev's Saturday post concerned an inspection by Roszdravnadzor, the healthcare-quality regulator rather than the epidemiological service, and did not address the infection. Comments asking why there was still no official statement went unanswered. Meanwhile, Lyudi Baikala reported that pharmacies in Irkutsk and Shelekhov had sold out of antibiotics.
The institute where Shipilova worked was founded in 1934 to fight plague and still leads plague surveillance for the region, alongside cholera, anthrax and tularemia. It is one of five such institutes nationally and the only one covering Siberia and the Far East. Natural plague foci remain in parts of southern Siberia, including Tuva, Altai and Transbaikal. Russia's last widely reported human case involved a child in the Altai Republic in 2016 and was linked to marmots.
The negative tests are welcome news, and the reports so far do not establish a spreading outbreak. But a young laboratory worker is dead, a hospital wing is quarantined, and almost 200 contacts have reportedly been identified. "Particularly dangerous infection" is a description of the stakes. It still isn't an explanation of what happened.
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Siberian Plague-Lab Death Draws FSB Escort For Ambulances
by Tyler DurdenSaturday, Oct 03, 2026 - 06:05 PM
A possible plague case in Siberia has triggered a major containment effort after the death of a 28-year-old employee of an anti-plague laboratory. A hospital wing is under quarantine, nearly 200 people are reportedly under observation, and Russia's chief sanitary official has flown in. Local outlets say FSB units have been escorting ambulances carrying the woman's contacts for examination.
The authorities are clearly taking the threat seriously - but getting a straight answer out of the feds is another matter. Irkutsk Governor Igor Kobzev is still calling it a "particularly dangerous infection," while assuring residents that every identified contact is symptom-free and testing negative.
The dead lab worker has been identified as Daria Shipilova, a laboratory assistant at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East, according to Lyudi Baikala and REN TV. She was admitted to hospital in Shelekhov with severe pneumonia, placed on a ventilator, and died. Reports differ slightly on the timeline: The Moscow Times gives a September 29 admission and a Thursday death (48 hours), while Lyudi Baikala says she spent three days in hospital.
According to The Moscow Times, Shipilova told medical staff she had accidentally broken a tube containing live bacteria while collecting samples. Lyudi Baikala, citing journalist Pavel Stepanov and the Telegram channel Mash, placed the alleged accident on September 25 and linked it to plague bacteria. Those reports describe the illness as pneumonic plague, although neither that diagnosis nor the laboratory accident has been publicly confirmed by investigators. IRK.ru reported that doctors initially suspected severe COVID and sent her to the hospital's COVID center.
By the evening of October 1, security and administrative officials were meeting in Irkutsk. Lyudi Baikala, citing a source close to law enforcement, reported that FSB units began accompanying ambulances transporting Shipilova's contacts for examination that day. The Insider carried the same account, while residents reported seeing people in protective suits on the streets. The FSB has not confirmed the escorts.
Shelekhov district head Maxim Modin confirmed that the hospital's inpatient department was under quarantine; the outpatient clinic remained open. Kobzev said the sanitary-epidemiological commission had convened on October 2 over a suspected "particularly dangerous infection." Anna Popova, who heads Rospotrebnadzor, the federal agency that runs Russia's disease surveillance and owns the anti-plague institutes, traveled to attend. The governor told TASS it was premature to identify the disease and made no mention of a death. Irkutsk also postponed a city cleanup day scheduled for October 3.
The reported contact numbers suggest how widely authorities are casting the net. REN TV and Izvestia put the total at roughly 197, with 189 hospitalized for observation: 114 in one facility, 63 in another, and 12 at the anti-plague institute. Eight remained outside hospital, and some accounts said the list was still growing. No secondary infection has been confirmed. Kobzev's October 2 statement said the contacts had no symptoms and negative tests, although some media reports claimed several people under observation had developed symptoms.
First Official Use Of 'Plague'
The leader of Buryatia (the next region over from the lab), Alexey Tsydenov, wrote that the woman who died of plague in Irkutsk region had not visited his republic. Citing Rospotrebnadzor and his government, he also said Buryatia had no plague foci, including along the Mongolian border. But even that acknowledgment became less definite: Meduza reported that he later edited the post to say she "may have died of plague." He did not identify the pneumonic form.Meanwhile, competing accounts sent Shipilova to Thailand or Buryatia before she fell ill. Tsydenov denied the Buryatia visit. Gennady Onishchenko, who ran Rospotrebnadzor until 2013, questioned whether plague was involved at all, pointing to dormant rodents and fleas and snow already falling in Buryatia. That argument addresses a possible wildlife exposure; it does not resolve the allegation that she broke a tube of bacteria at work.
Izvestia and the Telegram channel Ostorozhno Novosti both report that investigators have opened a criminal case under Article 236, which covers sanitary violations that cause death by negligence. Nobody has confirmed it on the record. That charge only makes sense if somebody broke a rule at work.
By Saturday, some of the public information was disappearing. Baikalsk's administration posted a notice urging residents to limit travel to Shelekhov and nearby settlements, citing "unofficial information" about a plague case. Roughly two hours later, the notice was gone. REN TV also deleted five Telegram posts about the Shelekhov hospitalization figures.
Kobzev's Saturday post concerned an inspection by Roszdravnadzor, the healthcare-quality regulator rather than the epidemiological service, and did not address the infection. Comments asking why there was still no official statement went unanswered. Meanwhile, Lyudi Baikala reported that pharmacies in Irkutsk and Shelekhov had sold out of antibiotics.
The institute where Shipilova worked was founded in 1934 to fight plague and still leads plague surveillance for the region, alongside cholera, anthrax and tularemia. It is one of five such institutes nationally and the only one covering Siberia and the Far East. Natural plague foci remain in parts of southern Siberia, including Tuva, Altai and Transbaikal. Russia's last widely reported human case involved a child in the Altai Republic in 2016 and was linked to marmots.
The negative tests are welcome news, and the reports so far do not establish a spreading outbreak. But a young laboratory worker is dead, a hospital wing is quarantined, and almost 200 contacts have reportedly been identified. "Particularly dangerous infection" is a description of the stakes. It still isn't an explanation of what happened.
DryCreek
Veteran Member
Lake Baikal! That's where the crew of the Aurora ended up (Metro Exodus).
Anyway, I hope that they come up with a genetic-modifying "vaccine" very soon!
Until then, Imma gunna wear my mask everywhere - even in the shower, or my car when I'm all alone.
subnet
Boot
As of late they will prob allow them to travel all over before going to the hospital.
Jez
Veteran Member
Watching her interview with Sean Ryan as I write this. It's really a holy crap moment because her book about Biological Disaster starts with the Pneumonic Plague escaping a lab from Russia.Annie Jacobsen:
More details on the Oct 1st pneumonic plague outbreak in Siberia, after a lab accident at a BSL-3 lab.
"FSB units accompanying ambulances transporting people who had been in contact with [lab tech] Shipilova for medical examination," as per local news. This is significant. FSB is Russia's domestic security / counterintelligence service, tasked w/implementing the national security of Russia." (Its predecessor was the KGB). This suggests quarantine was not voluntary.
It also means Russian authorities are treating the lab accident and plague outbreak as a national security issue, involving a lot more than routine public health.
View: https://x.com/AnnieJacobsen/status/2106172807273206035
LightEcho
Has No Life - Lives on TB
drugs that trigger tendon damage?
I never heard this before. Many years ago, I came close to dying. Every part of my body was in pain and my vision went to gray- no colors. I was prescribed Floxacin. It saved my life but there was a side effect. My extreme neck & head pain went to my lower extremities. From my knees downward everything locked up and swelled. The joints were like cement. I was in a state of mind that was cheerful with the pain relief for neck & head and was willing to have my legs amputated, as if the infection was pushed down into my ankles. After a week it was all gone. I felt great but looked dead. Went back to work and the HR person saw the death in me and said to take more time off. But I was fine, just beaten down in those few days to near death.
As for yersinia pestis- i would try to avoid the fluoroquinolones. But when it comes to something this deadly, you do what you have to do. If you start to see a bad reaction, be ready to switch to another antibiotic.
The CDC and FDA have identified several effective antibiotic classes for pneumonic plague, with gentamicin and fluoroquinolones as first-line treatments in the United States.
FDA-Approved
| Antibiotic | Class | Dose (Adults) | Notes |
| Ciprofloxacin | Fluoroquinolone | 400 mg IV q8h or 750 mg PO q12h | First-line |
| Levofloxacin | Fluoroquinolone | 750 mg IV or PO q24h | CDC's preferred choice for naturally occurring pneumonic plague (robust lung penetration) |
| Moxifloxacin | Fluoroquinolone | 400 mg IV or PO q24h | CDC's preferred choice for naturally occurring pneumonic plague (robust lung penetration) |
| Doxycycline | Tetracycline | 200 mg loading, then 100 mg q12h IV or PO | Bacteriostatic but effective |
| Streptomycin | Aminoglycoside | 1 g IV or IM q12h | Historical gold standard; not widely available in the US |
Tristan
TB Fanatic
Both the Russian Government and the US government agreed to stop research into Biological Warfare, and I'm sure the Russians were just as assiduous in carrying out that sacred commitment as we were.
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Tristan
TB Fanatic
Unfortunately I've got a feeling that he's not the only one. Mission Leader, that is.
Unfortunately.
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Tristan
TB Fanatic
There is a possibility, remote perhaps, that this could be a 'Signal' of sorts to the Nations that keep trying their best to gin-up a War against Russia, Russia, Russia.
An incident which showcases a deadly Pathogen, from a Lab in the boondocks, 24 hour Incubation, death in 48+ hours, Passes in the Air; ideal for GOF research toward antibiotic resistance and deliverable as aerosol ... You know, the stuff of Nightmares.
"See? We have Labs with very nasty Bugs, too. Just as you do..."
Without threatening: It was merely "An Accident!"
Have to make it look good, of course.
Just thinking out loud...
By chance, were any of the Ukrainian Bio labs working on Pneumonic Plague?
Rhetorical question. (As if any of us would know... lol )
An incident which showcases a deadly Pathogen, from a Lab in the boondocks, 24 hour Incubation, death in 48+ hours, Passes in the Air; ideal for GOF research toward antibiotic resistance and deliverable as aerosol ... You know, the stuff of Nightmares.
"See? We have Labs with very nasty Bugs, too. Just as you do..."
Without threatening: It was merely "An Accident!"
Have to make it look good, of course.
Just thinking out loud...
By chance, were any of the Ukrainian Bio labs working on Pneumonic Plague?
Rhetorical question. (As if any of us would know... lol )
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Jez
Veteran Member
According to Annie the Russians flat out ignored it. The supposed gray area is that countries are allowed to create bioweapons only so they can create countermeasures. By having all these labs in foreign countries like China it's supposed to give the country's that actually own/run the lab an excuse to disown said facility.Both the Russian Government and the US government agreed to stop research into Biological Warfare, and I'm sure the Russians were just as assiduous in carrying out that sacred commitment as we were.
I just picked up Annie's book Biological War because I actually liked the book she did on Nuclear War.
Heliobas Disciple
TB Fanatic
This is an interesting train of thought.
If someone disguised something lethal/GoF in another vial for something non-lethal to try to sneak it out, she may not have had on protective gear while handling it and didn't worry about it when it broke. It looks like from different reports I read she may have continued working after the vile broke, even going with her team on a field trip and when she first got sick thought she had covid and went to a covid ward. Not the behavior of someone who knows they broke a vile of the plague.
But also consider this. She may have had on protective gear when it broke and that's why she wasn't worried when it broke and went on the field trip, didn't start antibiotics, didn't quarantine herself etc. If that's the case, it was lethal enough to penetrate through her protective gear (unless she had it on wrong, which I doubt, she was pretty well trained) which to me points to GoF.
helen
Panic Sex Lady
GoF points to level 4 protocols for PPE, for reporting accidents, and for inventory control of vials.
This girl would have thought of all that before going to a covid ward.
Ukraine has biolabs and drones.
I'm not arguing. I'm thinking. You know where I'm going with this.
Ukraine’s surprise robot offensive exposes a vulnerability in Putin’s war machine
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Plain Jane
Just Plain Jane
I have read through all of the articles again and it strikes me as odd that we assume that the test tube itself contained yersinia pestis bacterium.
She was collecting samples both in the wild and from people because the area is known to harbor the disease.
Now it's been 50 years since I took Microbiology but I don't think it's good protocol to carry around a test tube of a deadly bacterial while you're collecting samples. Accidents happen in the wild.
It makes more sense to keep the yersinia pestis bacterium at the secure biolab in the first place and use it only to help identify what the team brings back after collecting samples.
So they are probably testing every sample that she took to see if there's a clue about where she was exposed. Those samples would all be carefully labeled.
They could be buying time to figure out what actually happened. It looks like a massive screw up if there was an actual test tube of the yersinia pestis bacterium on site.
It's a valid argument and it would take time to get the evidence.
Masterchief117
I'm all about the doom
To me, this is sounding like she got exposed outside of the lab and she may not have known.
If it happened in the lab and they all were following their safety protocols it would be very unlikely that she dies, unless they were doing gain of function tests, but still her or someone else had to know what they were working with and would implement safety protocols. There would be no need to track down and quarantine approximately 200 other people.
Unless, it's all a cover story for GoF biological warfare testing gone horribly wrong.
If it happened in the lab and they all were following their safety protocols it would be very unlikely that she dies, unless they were doing gain of function tests, but still her or someone else had to know what they were working with and would implement safety protocols. There would be no need to track down and quarantine approximately 200 other people.
Unless, it's all a cover story for GoF biological warfare testing gone horribly wrong.
auxman
Deus Vult
Annie Jacobsen:
BREAKING: Plague outbreak expands, Russia BSL-3 lab accident - FIVE hospitals now quarantined
The plague outbreak in Siberia, Russia has expanded w/5 hospitals now under QUARANTINE: Irkutsk Hospitals No. 1, No.3, No.10, Ivano-Matreninskaya Children's Hospital, and an unnamed maternity hospital (Lyudi Baikala news, Moscow Times).
Quarantine is NOT voluntary. Even in the U.S., quarantine is among the most extraordinary measures gov't can impose on American citizens who haven't been convicted, or even accused, of committing a crime. Quarantine means being forcibly confined and medically examined by law. U.S. quarantine can be imposed on anyone infected by a legally quarantinable disease listed below (this can change). One should assume Russia's quarantine protocols are even more severe. As of 2026, under Executive Order 14047, legally quarantinable diseases in the U.S. are:
■ Plague
■ Smallpox
■ Viral hemorrhagic fevers
■ Cholera
■ Diphtheria
■ Yellow fever
■ Infectious tuberculosis
■ Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
■ Flu that can cause a pandemic
■ Measles
Photo: Russia’s RKhBZ defense troops perform nuclear, biological, and chemical defense training (w/permission from the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation) — from BIOLOGICAL WAR: A SCENARIO by Annie Jacobsen (Dutton, 2026).
View: https://x.com/AnnieJacobsen/status/2106765572503679169
Link to the Moscow Times, and screen shots (in Russian) in the event Russian gov't takes down this article, or edits it. My suspicion is soon the Russian gov't will deny the outbreak is plague, and/or blame something, or someone, else — as they've done in the past including with the famous anthrax outbreak at Sverdlovsk, which was blamed on contaminated meat but was really a lab leak from a biological weapons facility called Garrison 19.
ru.themoscowtimes.com
View: https://x.com/AnnieJacobsen/status/2106777987945508960
BREAKING: Plague outbreak expands, Russia BSL-3 lab accident - FIVE hospitals now quarantinedThe plague outbreak in Siberia, Russia has expanded w/5 hospitals now under QUARANTINE: Irkutsk Hospitals No. 1, No.3, No.10, Ivano-Matreninskaya Children's Hospital, and an unnamed maternity hospital (Lyudi Baikala news, Moscow Times).
Quarantine is NOT voluntary. Even in the U.S., quarantine is among the most extraordinary measures gov't can impose on American citizens who haven't been convicted, or even accused, of committing a crime. Quarantine means being forcibly confined and medically examined by law. U.S. quarantine can be imposed on anyone infected by a legally quarantinable disease listed below (this can change). One should assume Russia's quarantine protocols are even more severe. As of 2026, under Executive Order 14047, legally quarantinable diseases in the U.S. are:
■ Plague
■ Smallpox
■ Viral hemorrhagic fevers
■ Cholera
■ Diphtheria
■ Yellow fever
■ Infectious tuberculosis
■ Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
■ Flu that can cause a pandemic
■ Measles
Photo: Russia’s RKhBZ defense troops perform nuclear, biological, and chemical defense training (w/permission from the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation) — from BIOLOGICAL WAR: A SCENARIO by Annie Jacobsen (Dutton, 2026).
View: https://x.com/AnnieJacobsen/status/2106765572503679169
Link to the Moscow Times, and screen shots (in Russian) in the event Russian gov't takes down this article, or edits it. My suspicion is soon the Russian gov't will deny the outbreak is plague, and/or blame something, or someone, else — as they've done in the past including with the famous anthrax outbreak at Sverdlovsk, which was blamed on contaminated meat but was really a lab leak from a biological weapons facility called Garrison 19.
В Иркутске закрыли несколько больниц на карантин и ввели масочный режим на алюминиевом заводе из-за чумы - Русская служба The Moscow Times
На Иркутском алюминиевом заводе (ИркАЗ) в Шелехове ввели масочный режим после смерти местной жительницы от чумы, сообщил директор предприятия Артем Фоминых.
ru.themoscowtimes.com
View: https://x.com/AnnieJacobsen/status/2106777987945508960
Countrymouse
Country exile in the city
As for "blaming someone else"---Annie Jacobsen:
The plague outbreak in Siberia, Russia has expanded w/5 hospitals now under QUARANTINE: Irkutsk Hospitals No. 1, No.3, No.10, Ivano-Matreninskaya Children's Hospital, and an unnamed maternity hospital (Lyudi Baikala news, Moscow Times).
Quarantine is NOT voluntary. Even in the U.S., quarantine is among the most extraordinary measures gov't can impose on American citizens who haven't been convicted, or even accused, of committing a crime. Quarantine means being forcibly confined and medically examined by law. U.S. quarantine can be imposed on anyone infected by a legally quarantinable disease listed below (this can change). One should assume Russia's quarantine protocols are even more severe. As of 2026, under Executive Order 14047, legally quarantinable diseases in the U.S. are:
■ Plague
■ Smallpox
■ Viral hemorrhagic fevers
■ Cholera
■ Diphtheria
■ Yellow fever
■ Infectious tuberculosis
■ Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
■ Flu that can cause a pandemic
■ Measles
Photo: Russia’s RKhBZ defense troops perform nuclear, biological, and chemical defense training (w/permission from the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation) — from BIOLOGICAL WAR: A SCENARIO by Annie Jacobsen (Dutton, 2026).
View: https://x.com/AnnieJacobsen/status/2106765572503679169
Link to the Moscow Times, and screen shots (in Russian) in the event Russian gov't takes down this article, or edits it. My suspicion is soon the Russian gov't will deny the outbreak is plague, and/or blame something, or someone, else — as they've done in the past including with the famous anthrax outbreak at Sverdlovsk, which was blamed on contaminated meat but was really a lab leak from a biological weapons facility called Garrison 19.
В Иркутске закрыли несколько больниц на карантин и ввели масочный режим на алюминиевом заводе из-за чумы - Русская служба The Moscow Times
На Иркутском алюминиевом заводе (ИркАЗ) в Шелехове ввели масочный режим после смерти местной жительницы от чумы, сообщил директор предприятия Артем Фоминых.
View: https://x.com/AnnieJacobsen/status/2106777987945508960
we KNOW there were (are?) gain-of-function bioweapon research labs in Ukraine.
What if Ukraine implanted this somehow in or near the Russian lab?
They've been sending a LOT of drones to Russia lately.
Tristan
TB Fanatic
Ukrainian 'Operatives' have been busy bees inside of Russia the past several years, as well.
Hope to Heaven that scenario isn't what's in play.
psychgirl
TB Fanatic
True!
I’m still letting the marble in my head roll around waiting to see where it stops.
toxic avenger
Veteran Member
Just pointing out that this is a bacteria, not a virus. Viruses primarily spread from one susceptible organism to another susceptible organism, because they can’t live long outside of a host cell.
Bacteria are an independent organism that can thrive outside a host cell. That means it can be much more easily spread, making cross-contamination a serious concern. For example, Your dog may not be able to get sick and pass it to you, however if it is picked up on it’s coat, it can transfer to another surface that you can eventually contact. Not to mention flies, birds, etc.
Bacteria are an independent organism that can thrive outside a host cell. That means it can be much more easily spread, making cross-contamination a serious concern. For example, Your dog may not be able to get sick and pass it to you, however if it is picked up on it’s coat, it can transfer to another surface that you can eventually contact. Not to mention flies, birds, etc.
Griz3752
Retired, practising Curmudgeon
And not always from an enemy entity; a lab' OOPS! I didn't know it would do that' can happen anywhere as is pointed out above!
Zoner
Veteran Member
Looks like it was a gain of function experiment according to this.
The Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute’s own research summary appears to describe deliberate virulence enhancement by serial passage.
In its Brucella program, the institute says repeated passage through guinea pigs was used to increase bacterial virulence.
View: https://twitter.com/outbreakupdates/status/2106830165653230031?s=20
The Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute’s own research summary appears to describe deliberate virulence enhancement by serial passage.
In its Brucella program, the institute says repeated passage through guinea pigs was used to increase bacterial virulence.
View: https://twitter.com/outbreakupdates/status/2106830165653230031?s=20
ShadowMan
Designated Grumpy Old Fart
Something about this whole thing stinks to high heaven......Could be something simple...or sinister. I always lean towards sinister just because if you're ready to deal with the worst case scenario, you usually end up with something more on the side of simple. But it it is on the sinister side of things, you're ready and not caught off guard.
tiredude
Veteran Member
They’re dead too in time……. Anyone that thinks they can escape something like this is delusional. Even the billionaires hidden in their bunkers will die from the guys with the guns…… then they in turn will be next……pray this doesn’t happen. Social class don’t matter…… step 3,4,5,6 will kill you too
ETA: that’s what gets me about these supposedly smart tech giants….. the keyboard nerds don’t realize or admit our civilization depends on community….. period
ChicagoMan74
officially...FATIGUED
When you're dead in 24-48 hours untreated from pneumonic plague...I'm really not thinking you're giving a hootin hell about POTENTIAL tendon damage.
Plain Jane
Just Plain Jane
Dr. Robert Malone is being interviewed by Mario Nawfal's co-host. I've only seen a few minutes so will add more notes later.
His process showed that it's only 30% chance that this is a bioweapon. The lab that the young lady was working at isn't a bioweapon facility. Russia does have a vaccine for pneumonic plague and since she was tracking it in the wild, she would have received it.
Correction - she should have received it but that needs to be known. The information came out from a social media influencer picking up local reports so it might not all be accurate.
Russian government appears to be trying to get a handle on the situation and it appears that they aren't trying to mislead at this time. A key signal will be if they release the genetic sequence. The Spanish government didn't in a release of a swine flu virus from a lab in the last year.
Right now they are talking about Wuhan lab leak as well as others. Dr. Malone is using past episodes, both natural and man-made to develop his own AI program to analyze this situation. He is currently working with the State Department and will be reporting his conclusions so far. Dr. Malone did acknowledge that the information is weak at this time.
R/T 30:00
View: https://www.youtube.com/live/qkL6U_4Ndc0?si=6izTn801mzmQIIgK
His process showed that it's only 30% chance that this is a bioweapon. The lab that the young lady was working at isn't a bioweapon facility. Russia does have a vaccine for pneumonic plague and since she was tracking it in the wild, she would have received it.
Correction - she should have received it but that needs to be known. The information came out from a social media influencer picking up local reports so it might not all be accurate.
Russian government appears to be trying to get a handle on the situation and it appears that they aren't trying to mislead at this time. A key signal will be if they release the genetic sequence. The Spanish government didn't in a release of a swine flu virus from a lab in the last year.
Right now they are talking about Wuhan lab leak as well as others. Dr. Malone is using past episodes, both natural and man-made to develop his own AI program to analyze this situation. He is currently working with the State Department and will be reporting his conclusions so far. Dr. Malone did acknowledge that the information is weak at this time.
R/T 30:00
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PrairieWind
Senior Member
Yes however, it is good to know the difficulties/side affects you should be aware of.