# Plague in Russia

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-in-russia/1033622/2 "2026-10-06T16:59:58Z")

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Related, but non-Pit thread:

> [@Possible beginning of a new pandemic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-beginning-of-a-new-pandemic/1033599):
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> A Russian employee of an infectious disease research center in Siberia died of a pneumonia of supposedly unknown origin (or perhaps pneumonic plague). The center is the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia. Dozens of people are in isolation as a result. [Gift link](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/world/europe/russia-plague-siberia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GVE.WhUE.1Gg-gBBxkUu-&smid=url-share) to a New York Times article on the story while [here](https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/04/europe/russia-laboratory-plague-accident-intl) is the story from CNN. Maybe it’s nothing but I’ve seen movies that start with stories like this and end very badly.

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