Suspected pneumonic Siberian plague outbreak ‘suggests engineering’ says journalist
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Hundreds of people in eastern Russia have been placed in quarantine after a laboratory worker died of suspected pneumonic plague. Darya Shipolova was an employee of the Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia and people thought to have had contact with her are reportedly being isolated. Annie Jacobsen, author of ‘Biological War: A Scenario’, which examines the potential consequences of a large-scale biological attack or the accidental release of a pathogen tells Channel 4 News the circumstances "suggests engineering" which is "troubling". [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe] ------- Get more news at our site - https://www.channel4.com/news/ Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe Follow us: TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@c4news Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/channel4news/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/Channel4News Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Channel4News/
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