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Researcher at Russian plague laboratory dies of ‘unknown’ infection

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/04/europe/russia-laboratory-plague-accident-intl
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u/aeschenkarnos 7h ago

Maybe THIS TIME we can keep work from home after the pandemic? Maybe?

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u/Scuba9Steve 6h ago

Nah sorry the defense contractor I work for says we’re essential workers again.

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u/Xerpentine 1h ago

What, you dont like being called a hero and getting free pizza, but not higher pay, while everyone else stays home? Geez.

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u/mudo2000 4h ago

*laughs in commercial real estate broker*

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u/DomusCircumspectis 5h ago

Many of us have kept it, shouldn't have let them take it away from you

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u/buffystakeded 5h ago

Seriously. My boss/company asked if I wanted to come back and flat out said no. They were like, ok, just keep doing your work.

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u/DomusCircumspectis 4h ago

I moved further out so that they would have a harder time getting me back into the office. It worked.

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u/One_Huckleberry_ 5h ago

Blame the people who decided to show all the ways they were not working from home / exploiting the system and upload it to TikTok

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u/valdev 4h ago

Im convinced much of that was staged to create an argument to end work from home.

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u/One_Huckleberry_ 4h ago

You’ve got more faith in people’s stupidity than I do haha

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u/GTAIVisbest 2h ago

WFH is out of the box now, it's only a matter of time before almost all white-collar employees are at least 2-3 days hybrid