Thursday, Plague update

Update, Russia Plague Lab Leak

Unconfirmed reports about a possible second death

Russia is now openly denying reports of a second case

WHO is checking in with Russia

Central unanswered question

What pathogen caused Darya Shipilova's fatal pneumonia?

Has Yersinia pestis been definitively excluded by laboratory testing?

Russian public health watchdog, thousands of tests, no dangerous pathogens have been found.

Darya Shipilova probably did not die of plague

Causes for concern

POTUS to call Putin soon (big problem for Russia)

US formally, confidential diplomatic communication, (démarche)

Scale of the Russian response

Staff quarantined, local worker instructed to wear masks, several hospitals in Irkutsk closed for a three-week quarantine, Doctors “already openly talking about plague”.

Join👉🏻 @DrJohnCampbell