What is pneumonic plague, and why is a suspected Siberian lab leak panicking officials?

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What is pneumonic plague, and why is a suspected Siberian lab leak panicking officials? #breakingnews #plague #russia #world A terrifying biological security crisis has unfolded in eastern Russia following the death of 28-year-old laboratory technician Daria Shipilova at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute. After accidentally breaking a glass vial containing live Yersinia pestis bacteria during routine testing, Shipilova developed severe respiratory distress and died within days. While state health agency Rospotrebnadzor officially attributes her death to "pneumonia of undetermined origin" and denies any lab breach, emergency measures—including quarantining a district hospital, placing nearly 200 contacts under medical isolation, and ordering 2,000 factory workers to wear face masks—tell a drastically different story. As epidemiologists question the official narrative and international monitors like the US State Department and European Commission demand transparency, this rep

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