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'New nightmare fuel dropped': Frenzy as MIT researcher picks apart Russia's plague story
What happened
RawStory reports that MIT biosecurity researcher Kevin Esvelt argued Russia’s response to the unexplained death of a 28-year-old technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute did not resemble the response to a routine laboratory-acquired plague infection. He cited quarantines across several hospitals, reported involvement by the Federal Security Service, hazmat precautions, and the medical observation of nearly 200 people.
Russian authorities dispute the premise. Rospotrebnadzor said the technician had pneumonia of unknown origin, testing found no microorganisms…
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