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CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 天前

Russian lab worker dies of suspected plague as 200 enter medical observation

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Russian lab worker dies of suspected plague as 200 enter medical observation

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CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 天前
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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.
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    So while Russia was accusing Ukraine of producing bioweapons, they were actually doing it themselves?

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      The Russian play book.

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    Who had COVID 26 on their bingo card?

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      My bingo card caught covid 26. Now it has become some sort of transdimensional portal. There are voices inside. What should I do?

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        Put… Put your dick in it.

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      If it’s some modified plague then it will make covid look like a joke.

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      Another pandemic is something people weren’t expecting?

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    Fuck that was the lab where they were breeding smallpox into regular sized pox

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    Oh, FFS.

    And we have the worst fucking people in this administration right now…

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      RFK says raw milk can help!

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        Dear Facebook, I now have the plague and cowpox, what essential oils should I use?

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          crude, by the barrel.

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      Maybe by dumb luck the measles virus will cancel out the plague virus lol

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        Measles+rabies is the cure for plague.

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          Lol, I have also heard ivermectin can cure it as well 😂

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      Time to stock up on invermectin /s

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    Being Russia, there are either 3000 infected or it’s all bullshit yo fear their bioweapons program.

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    Possible b weapons against Ukraine?

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    What are the chances our dumbass leaders and the dumbass leaders of Russia aren’t using covert germ warfare constantly?

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      I mean, they aren’t subtle people so it’s probably not all that covert.

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        It’ll get here on the next shipment of asbestos coming from Russia & Belarus. I guarantee it.

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      If you think about it. The most successful approach would be a bug that just lowers productivity without being serious enough to get noticed. Not saying they are… cause nature seems to do enough to keep that covered.

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    Huh…just saw the special on how only two places have smallpox samples…US is one…guess where the other one is. :(

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      Thought the same thing when I saw the headline the first time. Augmented smallpox virus to finish off the Ukrainians escaped containment is my guess.

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        Not necessarily the Russians really like anthrax. It’s easy to powder and disperse.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverdlovsk_anthrax_leak

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        I don’t think they would use smallpox. It’s way too infectious and would get out of control fast. It would end up fucking over the Russians as much as the Ukrainians. At least that’s what I hope but at this point I can’t really predict what would happen.

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          There are effective vaccines against smallpox.

          I think that if a belligerent were to use the disease as a biological weapon, it would first secretly stockpile large quantities of vaccine. Once the disease breaks out, there would be a window of opportunity lasting a few weeks to a few months during which one could gain an advantage, because the enemy would first have to ramp up vaccine production and vaccination rates. When I think about it, however, I have serious doubts as to whether such preparations in the 21st century could be kept secret enough to actually surprise the enemy (in this case, the West).

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            Assuming it’s the base smallpox virus. Both the Russians and Americans have experimented with it since the cold war. We have no idea what they could have done to it in the meantime.

            But yea, a sudden program of smallpox vaccinations would spoil the plan pretty fast. So at least that’s a relief.

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    I think the “Anti-” is a typo.

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    Look, if things aren’t going to get better, I can at least try to prove I’m better than 14th century peasants.

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