Deadly PLAGUE in Russia Spreads… Hospitals in Full LOCKDOWN

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Become a Member Today and Unlock EXCLUSIVE Videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKfak8fBm_Lhy4eX9UKxEpA/join  Following the death of 28-year-old lab researcher Darya Shipilova at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia, Russian health authorities put nearly 200 people under quarantine while officially claiming she died of "pneumonia of unknown origin." However, independent reports indicate she accidentally broke a test tube containing pneumonic plague (Yersinia pestis). Discover how hospital lockdowns, FSB-escorted isolations, and Chornobyl-style information suppression are raising international concerns over Russian biosecurity and biological research.  ⏱️ CHAPTERS: 00:00 - The Siberian Plague Incident: Death of Darya Shipilova 01:54 - Official Cover-Up: "Pneumonia of Unknown Etiology" vs. Broken Test Tube 04:01 - Clinical Epidemiology: Pneumonic Plague vs. Bubonic Transmission 08:42 - International Calls for Transparency: WHO, CDC, & Kremlin Silence 11:09 - The Chernobyl Information Playbook: Historical Patterns of State Secrecy 16:03 - Bioweapons Concerns: Gain-of-Function Research & Sergiev Posad-6 Expansion  Support us directly as we bring you independent, up-to-date reporting on military news and global conflicts by clicking here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMilitaryShow/join  #militarystrategy #militarydevelopments #militaryanalysis #themilitaryshow  SOURCES: https://pastebin.com/CrLUwhtz

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00:01Russia has plenty of problems on the battlefield.

00:04More than 1.5 million casualties are nothing to sniff at,

00:07as Putin has put Russia on a collision course with a demographic crisis for the ages.

00:12The last thing that Russia needs now is something that is killing people inside the country.

00:17But that's exactly what it's gotten.

00:20A deadly plague is spreading throughout Russia.

00:23Hospitals are on lockdown, doctors and patients alike are panicking,

00:27and quarantines are being put in place.

00:29This isn't Covid 2.0, it's Chernobyl 2.0,

00:33as misinformation is spreading through Russia as we speak.

00:37Starting with the basics, several outlets, including Time Magazine,

00:41have reported that dozens of Russians have been quarantined

00:44following the outbreak of a mysterious illness in Siberia.

00:48That illness stems from an incident at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in the region.

00:54A 28-year-old woman, named by local outlet Baikal Journal as Daria Shipilova,

01:00fell ill and is believed to have died.

01:02Immediately, questions start to arise.

01:05What did she die of?

01:06Why is there a quarantine?

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01:23What we know of Shipilova is that she was a lab researcher at the Institute,

01:28which is based in the Russian Far East town of Shelekov.

01:32The Institute isn't new.

01:33It was established in the 1930s to research plague

01:36and has since expanded to research other diseases such as anthrax and cholera.

01:41According to the Washington Post, Shipilova was one of 95 people who currently work at the laboratory.

01:48On the surface, this seems like a relatively cut and dry story.

01:51But there is an air of mystery to the whole thing and Russia, as it so often does,

01:56is trying to downplay and spread misinformation rather than explain what really happened.

02:01So far, the information coming from official Russian channels is vague.

02:05The Irkutsk Regional Governor, Igor Kobzev, said Shipilova has died of pneumonia of undetermined origin.

02:13Going further, Kobzev claims that the organization behind the Anti-Plague Research Institute,

02:18Rospotrebnadzor, has conducted an investigation into the incident.

02:23What they found aligns with the story that Russia wants to tell,

02:26but not with the evidence that is emerging from the scene.

02:29According to their results, it's reported that no microorganisms related to the woman's

02:35professional activities were found in her biological samples.

02:39The cause of her death was pneumonia of unknown etiology, Kobzev claims.

02:44Kobzev posted his statement on the morning of October 5th.

02:48And his statement aligns with the one made a few hours earlier by Maxim Modin,

02:52who is the mayor of the Shelikovsky district where the incident took place.

02:56Modin also noted the Rospotrebnadzor claim that her work had nothing to do with her medical condition.

03:02It's almost as though a response is being orchestrated here.

03:06However, Modin was also the one who revealed that all of the people the lab worker came into contact with

03:11have been quarantined and are being monitored daily.

03:14Something doesn't add up here.

03:16We have Russian claims that whatever disease took this poor woman's life is of unknown origins.

03:22And those claims ignore the fact that Shipilova worked in the sort of environment that could expose her to a

03:27dangerous disease.

03:29Quarantines have been enacted, which seems like a big move to make if you're confident the disease didn't come from

03:34your actual plague lab.

03:36It feels like Russia is hiding something and journalists have been digging deeper long before Russian officials started trying to

03:42cover the incident up.

03:44The big revelation comes from the Baikal Journal.

03:46In its October 2nd report, the outlet revealed that Shipilova took ill soon after September 25th.

03:53What happened on that fateful day?

03:56The lab researcher broke a test tube that contained a pathogen that is far more lethal than Russia claims, the

04:03outlet reports.

04:03That pathogen was Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes pneumonic plague.

04:09And that changes everything.

04:11The outlet spoke to a doctor it claims is familiar with treating serious infections,

04:16who pointed out that this particular plague can be transmitted from human to human.

04:21That explains the quarantine and also debunks Russia's claims that the disease that claimed Shipilova didn't come from the laboratory

04:27where she worked.

04:28As for the hospital that treated Shipilova, there's a reason why we haven't heard much from that facility.

04:35A healthcare facility always has a press secretary, and only they can comment.

04:40Calling the emergency room or the front desk is pointless, the specialist declared before adding.

04:45Doctors are prohibited from speaking to journalists, doctor-patient confidentiality, and a ban on unauthorized statements.

04:51In other words, the authorities have said that no information can come from the very people who treated Shipilova.

04:58The plot thickens.

04:59In its report, where it outright notes that Russia is being accused of covering up the reality of this situation,

05:06the telegraph digs deeper into the quarantining of the people who worked with Shipilova.

05:11It claims that whatever condition Shipilova had, it claimed her life in about a week.

05:17And as soon as she was found to be ill, up to 200 people who may have come into contact

05:22with her were placed in a strict three-week quarantine.

05:26That three-week quarantine is the key here.

05:29The claims that come from Russian officials and the organization that runs the Irkutsk plague facility were all made on

05:37October 5th,

05:38about a week and a half after Shipilova reportedly broke a plague test tube.

05:43How can those reports be valid if there's a three-week quarantine in place?

05:46At the very least, it's hard to see how Russia could be so certain in its claim that Shipilova's condition

05:52didn't originate from her lab work,

05:54especially as the best they can do is claim some form of pneumonia from an unknown source.

05:59So let's get this straight, Russia.

06:02Somebody has died of a form of pneumonia after working with plague pathogens,

06:06and your approach is to claim that nobody knows where her form of pneumonia came from.

06:11Let's call a spade a spade.

06:13The odds are very high that Shipilova died of pneumonic plague,

06:16and she may have exposed up to 200 people to the condition.

06:20And that is a massive concern for several reasons, starting with what this plague actually is.

06:27Pneumonic plague isn't the same as the bubonic plague that caused the Black Death centuries ago.

06:32The latter is passed to humans by animals, most often fleas that live on rodents and have been infected by

06:38the disease when they feed.

06:39One bite from an infected flea and the bubonic plague could get into your system.

06:44Pneumonic plague is different.

06:46According to the doctor who spoke to the Baikal Journal,

06:49Pneumonic plague can be spread from person to person,

06:53which explains the immediate need for a quarantine.

06:56In both cases, the Y. pestis bacteria is the cause.

07:00In bubonic plague, this bacterium enters the bloodstream following a bite,

07:04and it causes buboes, which are swollen and painful lymph nodes.

07:09This form of plague can progress to septicemic plague if left untreated,

07:13meaning it gets into the blood and causes septic shock.

07:16Pneumonic plague occurs when the Y. pestis bacterium is inhaled, leading to it lodging in the lungs.

07:22This is what allows the pneumonic plague to spread from person to person.

07:25Every time somebody with the disease breathes out, they place anybody in their vicinity at risk.

07:31What all of this means is really very simple.

07:34Outbreaks of pneumonic plague are possible.

07:37However, it's here where we see another wrinkle to the story develop.

07:41Pneumonic plague is treatable with antibiotics if it's caught early enough by doctors.

07:46That's according to Dr. Simon Clark,

07:49who is an Associate Professor in Cellular Microbiology at the University of Reading.

07:53Clark tells Time,

07:55Pneumonic plague is particularly serious because it means the infection has reached the lungs and is nearly always fatal if

08:02not treated promptly.

08:03So, more questions have to be asked.

08:06How did Shipilova die if she reported her broken test tube incident as soon as it happened?

08:11Did the authorities simply not treat her pneumonic plague,

08:15perhaps waiting to stick to their story of the disease having an unknown origin?

08:19Or are we seeing something darker here?

08:21Could the misinformation and vagueness surrounding the story hint at something sinister going on in the freezing cold recesses of

08:28Russia?

08:29We're about to dig a lot deeper.

08:31But before we do, this is a reminder that you're watching The Military Show.

08:35We make videos to unravel the mysteries caused by Russian misinformation,

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08:47What should be happening here is very simple, says Dr. Amesh Adalja,

08:52who is a senior scholar at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, as well as an infectious disease physician.

08:58Speaking to CNN, Adalja makes the obvious point that the World Health Organization, or WHO, should be involved in this

09:05case.

09:06WHO claims to be in contact with Russia, CNN reports, but contact is not full access.

09:11I do think the World Health Organization should deploy there, send experts there, to try and get a handle on

09:18understanding what happened.

09:19Because right now, what we have is an information vacuum, and that's going to get filled with disinformation, Adalja says.

09:27Of course, that's exactly what Russia wants. We can see that in the comments from local officials, as well as

09:33from the Kremlin itself.

09:34As local officials delivered their contradictory statements, the Kremlin felt the need to comment through Putin's favorite mouthpiece, Dmitry Peskov.

09:43His message to the Russian people, as well as international commentators, who were wondering what the hell is going on

09:50at Russia's plague lab, is simple.

09:53Trust Rospatrebnadzor.

09:55One should rely on Rospatrebnadzor's official statements, rather than listen to various rumors and speculations, Peskov said in the only

10:03official Kremlin statement about the incident, as published by Russian news agency TASS.

10:09Oh, that's alright then. Let's all trust the official word coming from a country that has a track record of

10:14lying about anything and everything.

10:17Here's what we're really seeing in the death of Shipilova. In the best case scenario, this is Russian incompetence that

10:24is off the charts.

10:25Somehow, Russia has allowed a lab technician to die of a curable disease, perhaps because it was desperate to cover

10:32up that disease in the first place.

10:34It's a disease Shipilova shouldn't have even caught in the first place.

10:37That's according to Hamish de Breton Gordon, a former commanding officer of the Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Regiment

10:46in the UK.

10:47For a lab technician working with plague to die from plague is extraordinary.

10:52She should have been vaccinated. There should have been medical countermeasures, he tells the Telegraph.

10:58Remember, this is the best look that Russia has.

11:01But how about the worst?

11:02The minimal transparency that we're getting from Russian officials who have had over a week to figure out what's happening

11:09is extremely concerning.

11:11And it's this that brings us back to something that we mentioned right at the start of the video.

11:17Chernobyl.

11:17There are some serious echoes between that massive disaster and what we're seeing now inside Russia.

11:24Those echoes aren't related to the death count or anything like that, assuming that this is a pneumonic plague outbreak

11:30that we're talking about.

11:31As long as Russia gets its act together, anybody else who has been exposed should be cured.

11:37Rather, the echoes come from the way that Russia is handling this entire situation.

11:42It's been about 40 years since the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster,

11:46which claimed the lives of 31 people and is predicted to have caused the deaths of more than 4,000

11:51as a result of radiation exposure.

11:54What we've learned about that disaster, particularly as a result of Ukraine revealing documents related to it in the years

12:00since,

12:01is that Soviet authorities knew that the plant at the center of the disaster was dangerous.

12:06But they covered it up.

12:08Back in April 2021, Reuters reported that Ukraine had released a batch of previously secret documents,

12:14which detailed what led up to the failed safety test at the plant's fourth reactor that sparked the Chernobyl disaster.

12:20Those documents revealed that there was a radiation release at the plant four years before the disaster,

12:26which the KGB covered up to prevent panic and provocative rumors.

12:31Hmm, that sounds awfully similar to Peskov's statements about Russia's ongoing plague incident.

12:36Ukraine's SBU adds that 1983 saw the Kremlin receive information that the Chernobyl plant was one of the world's most

12:43dangerous nuclear power plants.

12:45It lacked safety equipment and it was falling apart.

12:48The Kremlin didn't act.

12:49Even after the disaster had happened, Russia was working to ensure as little information as possible reached the public.

12:57Reuters says that when French officials visited the site to collect soil samples in 1987,

13:02the KGB switched those samples for fake ones to misguide them about the true danger the disaster site posed.

13:09More has come out since.

13:11In April of this year, The Conversation published a piece where it exposed even more of the Soviet misinformation that

13:18surrounded Chernobyl.

13:20This time, the information comes from documents kept by the Stasi,

13:24which were the secret police and intelligence service that operated in East Germany during the Soviet era.

13:30After examining those documents, the conversation found that the Stasi and the KGB worked together to cover up the true

13:37toll of the disaster.

13:39Despite publicly insisting that everything was under control, both intelligence agencies knew the explosion was absolutely devastating.

13:46They kept detailed records of hospitalizations, casualties, damaged crops, contaminated livestock and radiation levels, the outlet reports.

13:54This was all about controlling the message. If the press could be handled appropriately early on, then Russia would be

14:01able to downplay what happened at Chernobyl,

14:04thus ensuring that it didn't look as incompetent as it clearly was.

14:08The public was to be told that absolutely no danger was present at Chernobyl, the declassified Stasi documents reveal.

14:16Rather, the KGB and the Stasi were far more concerned about the economic fallout rather than the radioactive fallout of

14:23the Chernobyl disaster.

14:23When kids started refusing to drink milk at schools and questions about where the produce came from were being asked

14:30of grocers, that became a problem.

14:32The Stasi solution was to export those rejected Russian goods to West Germany.

14:38Stasi officials believed that spreading out contaminated goods would ensure that fewer people would consume potentially radioactive products, thus leading

14:48to fewer deaths.

14:49The pattern is everything here. When faced with an emergency, the instinct of those at the top of the Russian

14:55government is to lie, lie and lie again to cover it all up.

15:00Here's where we see the parallel. What happened in Irkutsk may not be a disaster anywhere near on the scale

15:07of Chernobyl, at least not yet.

15:09We don't know how Russia is going to handle other pneumonic plague victims if it discovers that those exposed to

15:15Shipilova are now carrying the disease.

15:18But the pattern we're seeing now is the same sort of vagueness and misinformation used over 40 years ago, all

15:25designed to prevent anybody from discovering the truth of what really happened.

15:29Of course, this leads us to the obvious question. Why?

15:33We still need a clear account of the diagnosis, the route of exposure, what exactly happened in the lab, and

15:39whether the contaminant and reporting procedures worked as intended.

15:43Philip Alenzos, who is a reader in science and international security at King's College London, tells the Telegraph.

15:50Russia has provided none of that, and will likely do everything that it can to prevent sharing that information.

15:56Attempting to hide incompetence may be part of the reason why, as it was at Chernobyl.

16:01Laboratory mishaps aren't uncommon, but Russia's failure to handle somebody who has a treatable disease, along with its failure to

16:08vaccinate that person before they work with that dangerous sample, is embarrassing.

16:13But it may go deeper than that.

16:15And the reason why is what has health officials in the US worried.

16:19According to the Washington Post, members of the State Department, the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response,

16:24and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention met in the aftermath of the Irkutsk incident to discuss what had

16:31happened.

16:32That's a big step, and though it's a natural one to take in the wake of any incident like this,

16:37as the US will want to ensure that there is no spread of a deadly disease on American soil,

16:41it's not the potential for contaminated people to travel into the US that is the main problem here.

16:46It's what Russia may have been cooking up in Irkutsk that worries the US.

16:50Both US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mark Rubio have commented on the incident.

16:57Rubio said,

16:57We're watching and monitoring it closely, even as he pointed out that there is limited travel between Russia and the

17:04US, especially from Siberia.

17:06Trump also said,

17:08We're looking at it very strongly, we just heard about it, and he pledged that the US would help Russia

17:13as much as we can.

17:14The US may not be watching to ensure there is no spread.

17:18Rather, it's watching because it's asking itself why there is a plague lab hidden away in Siberia in the first

17:24place.

17:25If we're being kind, we could say that this lab, which is on Russia's border with Mongolia, allows researchers to

17:31discover more about the pneumonic plague pathogen.

17:33That's certainly Russia's story, as reflected in the anti-plague moniker in the lab's name.

17:40But it's not as though we don't already have a cure for pneumonic plague, as long as the condition is

17:45caught early enough.

17:46What if this laboratory isn't about researching for a better cure, but more about figuring out how to make the

17:51pneumonic plague more dangerous than it already is?

17:53The Washington Post's report on the incident claims that current and former US officials are wondering whether Russia's mass quarantine

18:01following this incident is due to work done to alter lab samples of existing plague.

18:06In other words, what if Russia is trying to turn the pneumonic plague into a biological weapon?

18:11If that's the case, it would explain why Shipilova died of a condition that is supposed to be curable with

18:17antibiotics.

18:18The version that she caught when she broke a test tube may be a variant of the pneumonic plague that

18:23has been made deadlier.

18:25Ashish Jha, who served as part of the White House's pandemic response team under the Joe Biden administration, speculates on

18:31this.

18:32We also know Russia has an active offensive biological weapons program, and so we don't really have a full understanding

18:38of what's going on in this facility, Jha tells the Washington Post.

18:42Russia has also been building up its biological facilities.

18:45Back in 2024, the Nuclear Threat Initiative reported on a build-up of activity at the Sergeyev Posad-6 facility,

18:53which is just outside Moscow.

18:55That facility has been described as the backbone of Russia's biological defense system.

19:01During the Soviet era, it was a bioweapons site that produced weaponized biological agents.

19:06The Soviet Union also ran the only program that successfully managed to weaponize a pandemic-capable virus, the Lowy Institute

19:14reports.

19:15The Institute claims that the Soviets produced a bioweapon based on the smallpox virus that successfully infected people.

19:22That weapon was never officially deployed.

19:24What we see here is that Russia was once very interested in developing biological weapons.

19:31This casts all of the misinformation and vagueness we're seeing in the wake of Shipilova's death in a new light.

19:37Maybe this wasn't a case of incompetence leading to a lab technician dying of a curable disease.

19:41Perhaps Russia is creating something extremely dangerous in Irkutsk that could, if unleashed, end up doing as much damage, if

19:50not more, than the Chernobyl disaster.

19:53Russia claims that there's nothing to see here.

19:55But there is clearly a reason why the eyes of the US and much of the world are now on

20:01Siberia.

20:01And Russia is now trying to scramble to cover up as much as it can.

20:06This is far from the first issue that Russia has had with disease since Putin launched his Ukraine invasion.

20:12Only the issues we've seen up to this point have been focused on the battlefield.

20:16It was only back in February that reports broke of a terrible plague that made blood pour from the eyes

20:21and ran rampant among Russian soldiers.

20:23You can find out more about that disease and Russia's failure to do anything about it in our video.

20:30But before you go, everything you see here is researched, verified and produced by real people.

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