Quote:Russian authorities have quarantined a hospital and placed scores of people under medical observation after a 28-year-old employee at a Siberian plague research institute died from a mysterious case of pneumonia, fueling fears — still unconfirmed — that she may have contracted pneumonic plague.


Rubio says US monitoring Russian plague scare
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is traveling to Iceland, Greece and Portugal this week, said the U.S. is closely monitoring reports of a lab worker infected with plague in Russia.

Russian authorities have quarantined a hospital and placed scores of people under medical observation after a 28-year-old employee at a Siberian plague research institute died from a mysterious case of pneumonia, fueling fears — still unconfirmed — that she may have contracted pneumonic plague.


Darya Shipilova worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East. Russian health authorities say extensive testing found no evidence that her illness was caused by pathogens linked to her work, but officials have yet to publicly identify what killed her.

The extraordinary precautions surrounding the case have fueled speculation inside and outside Russia. Reuters reported Oct. 5 that all known contacts had been traced and placed under medical supervision and that authorities said no new cases had been identified among employees of the institute.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday that the U.S. was "watching and monitoring it closely," adding, "I don’t think it’s cause for alarm, but it is cause for focus and a cause just to keep an eye on it."

(10-05-2026 03:47 PM)BirdHawkEagle Wrote:  Ah yes.

Ye Old Midterm Variant.

(10-05-2026 03:58 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(10-05-2026 03:47 PM)BirdHawkEagle Wrote:  Ah yes.

Ye Old Midterm Variant.

LOL! Yes, and we shouldn't let it go to waste either. It's the perfect time to lockdown all borders and travel abroad and incoming flights, insist that in the future the Ellis Island procedure will be required before allowing any immigrants into the country, and we should immediately link the lab accident in the former USSR to Anthony Fuaci, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and of course Gavin Newsom and remind the American people about how COVID was used to steal the 2020 election. After all that is what the opposition would do, and did do essentially.

(10-05-2026 03:58 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(10-05-2026 03:47 PM)BirdHawkEagle Wrote:  Ah yes.

Ye Old Midterm Variant.

LOL! Yes, and we shouldn't let it go to waste either. It's the perfect time to lockdown all borders and travel abroad and incoming flights, insist that in the future the Ellis Island procedure will be required before allowing any immigrants into the country, and we should immediately link the lab accident in the former USSR to Anthony Fuaci, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and of course Gavin Newsom and remind the American people about how COVID was used to steal the 2020 election. After all that is what the opposition would do, and did do essentially.