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Nearly 200 people under observation after Irkutsk lab worker dies from plague

212 points · 187 comments · ericmay

  1. robmusial · · focus · HN ↗
    I literally just finished Annie Jacobsen's book 'Biological War: A Scenario' last week where the central plot point is an accidental release of modified form of pneumonic plague from a lab in Siberia. Very coincidental timing, especially since it made me wonder how often labs like these have accidents and we never hear about them because it is cleaned up without issue.
    1. DJBunnies · · focus · HN ↗
      How’d it turn out, are we boned?
      1. Betelbuddy · · focus · HN ↗
        Netflix ends up the series after Season 1, just after your are emotionally invested...
      2. robmusial · · focus · HN ↗
        No spoilers but Jacobsen's scenario books don't end with "and society came together, acted rationally, and solved the problem!"
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