Researcher at Russian plague laboratory dies of ‘unknown’ infection

[u/hoosakiwi]

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/04/europe/russia-laboratory-plague-accident-intl

[u/stlredbird]

Woman who died was employed by the “Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute.”

So mission failure for the institute i guess.

[u/WanderingBadgernaut → u/stlredbird]

They had one job: don't make the plague. It's in the name. And instead it became the plague copy machine wth