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

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  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. petcat · · focus · HN ↗
      > made me wonder how often labs like these have accidents and we never hear about them because it is cleaned up without issue.

      Did anyone ever confirm if the lab in Wuhan China was the originator of COVID? I remember that was a rumor but never heard if there was anything to it.

      1. potatoproduct · · focus · HN ↗
        Chinas actions following the event includes the destruction of evidence, refusal of access and using the WHO as their personal mouthpiece. Unless history is rewritten too, every textbook should clearly point to China.
        1. ruficufi274 · · focus · HN ↗
          now do NIH / Doge / Twitter
          1. khazhoux · · focus · HN ↗
            Objection: relevance.
            1. ididndn · · focus · HN ↗
              removal of evidence, there were British and US scientists involved also
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