# Plague in Russia **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [October 6, 2026, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-in-russia/1033622 "2026-10-06T16:58:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-in-russia/1033622/41 "2026-10-08T03:28:46Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Trump ALLEGEDLY had COVID. Who knows what goes on with that guy, anyway? The malignant version of narcissistic personality disorder Frontotemporal dementia 2 strokes in the last 2 years Heart and renal failure Thats the hypothesis at least. But hes still fucking alive. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-in-russia/1033622/42 "2026-10-08T06:06:48Z")
FWIW, here’s a video from an American woman who says she lives in Irkutsk. > **[I Live in Siberia's "Plague City." Here's the Truth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6pqdbtRgWo%2F)** > > I’m an American living in Irkutsk, Russia. You've probably seen the recent headlines about a possible plague outbreak here.Reports have claimed that a 28-yea... ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-in-russia/1033622/43 "2026-10-08T13:27:59Z")
Excellent video @nearwildheaven Thank you for posting. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-in-russia/1033622/44 "2026-10-08T13:36:27Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > But hes still fucking alive. God forbid he does anything to let anyone be happy. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-in-russia/1033622/45 "2026-10-08T14:20:09Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > Excellent video @nearwildheaven > > Thank you for posting Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-in-russia/1033622/46 "2026-10-08T19:01:59Z")
I do wonder why we aren’t getting official journalistic reports from the Irkutsk area. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-in-russia/1033622/47 "2026-10-08T19:08:12Z")
Putin [literally murders journalists he doesn’t like](https://cpj.org/reports/2006/11/russia-murders/), and Russia has strict control on the media. It’s not a huge mystery. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-in-russia/1033622/48 "2026-10-08T22:08:53Z")
True. However, one would still think with all the phone cameras out there, SOMETHING would be reported. I’ll be really worried if there are reports, like in “Biological War”, that Irkutsk is being evacuated, the way they tried to do with Sverdlovsk in the book. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-in-russia/1033622/49 "2026-10-08T22:14:40Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > However, one would still think with all the phone cameras out there, SOMETHING would be reported. That is not even close to what you said before about: > [@nearwildheaven](#): > > official journalistic reports That’s not coming from “phone cameras”. ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-in-russia/1033622/50 "2026-10-08T22:41:31Z")
I haven’t been able to watch the whole video yet, but my initial reaction is that Irkutsk is a far more modern looking city than I imagined! This isn’t a facility in the middle of nowhere so I can be persuaded that it really is a medical lab. That doesn’t mean there aren’t shenanigans, but I can believe the girl working with the sample was not working on a weapon. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-in-russia/1033622/51 "2026-10-08T23:03:34Z")
> [@Frazzled](#): > > That doesn’t mean there aren’t shenanigans, but I can believe the girl working with the sample was not working on a weapon. I would say that to my mind this firmly shifts the burden of proof on to the side saying that it is something other than a nothing burger. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-in-russia/1033622/52 "2026-10-09T02:15:26Z")
I just watched it in its entirety. I have absolutely no reason to believe that, and no way of knowing if, she _has any measure of access whatsoever to, or is transmitting_, good, honest, factual, valid, and complete information. None. Anybody remember Chernobyl? Anybody remember the Trump administration – another global disaster of epic proportions – and “the most transparent administration in history”? I wouldn’t be so quick to accept at face value the content she’s putting out. There’s simply far too much that we truly don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-in-russia/1033622/53 "2026-10-09T02:56:39Z")
AND … there are no end of stories equivalent to this one: [**DOJ says Russia paid right-wing influencers to spread Russian propaganda**](https://www.npr.org/2024/09/07/nx-s1-5101895/doj-says-russia-paid-right-wing-influencers-to-spread-russian-propaganda) And these were US-based ‘influencers.’ Couple that with the Mueller Report, the [**Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence United States Senate on Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election**](https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/2020/08/18/publications-report-select-committee-intelligence-united-states-senate-russian-active-measures/), and about a million other historical facts, and I think you’ll agree that a healthy dose of skepticism is loudly called for here. [I’m agreeing with you, not meaning to imply that we disagree] ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-in-russia/1033622/54 "2026-10-09T03:09:06Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > I just watched it in its entirety. You are a better Man than I. I discarded it after 6 minutes of absolutely nothing of worthwhile being said. She talks a lot, but doesn’t say much. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-in-russia/1033622/55 "2026-10-09T03:29:44Z")
Same here. I appreciate the link, @nearwildheaven , but I couldn’t get far into it before wondering if someone is paying her by the word. Would anyone care to summarize her main point(s)? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-in-russia/1033622/56 "2026-10-09T03:30:37Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > [I’m agreeing with you, not meaning to imply that we disagree] I got that. 🙂 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-in-russia/1033622/57 "2026-10-09T03:33:33Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > Would anyone care to summarize her main point(s)? “We Don’t Know” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-in-russia/1033622/58 "2026-10-09T04:53:58Z")
Loose lips sink ships And damp fingers drop live plague vials on the floor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-in-russia/1033622.md?page=2)