Plague Before the Polls?

Stinchfield with Grant Stinchfield · Oct 6, 2026 · 29m

A dead lab worker. Nearly 200 people under observation. And questions about whether plague escaped a Russian laboratory. Reports of a possible spill in Siberia are raising alarms—but neither the spill nor pneumonic plague has been confirmed. Russian authorities deny a laboratory accident.

Here’s the concern: If this was pneumonic plague, did anyone catch it before authorities stepped in—and then board a plane? That’s how a local emergency could become an international problem. This disease can kill quickly without treatment, but antibiotics can save lives. So far…