Pneumonic Plague in Russia

Wuhan revisited ? Hope we don’t get another Covid lookalike.

Sago

If Mr Burnham stopped all flights from Russia to the UK he would certainly gain my respect.

But you fly to Poland or another country first and then get a plane to The UK. Very, very hard to police.

BlessedArt

I strongly believe the news on this is being suppressed in the west intentionally. Money over lives at any cost, meanwhile I would bet my pension the governments and their insider cronies in all western nations are fully prepping and protecting themselves already.

Are you in Russia; you seem so badly informed about the West?

Contrary to fancy lies on GN yesterday (the 5th) , the death of a researcher in Russia ( and health observation of 200 contacts) was widely reported in all UK newspapers ( from the 4th onwards) on UK online media, and on the BBC.

The infection was headline news on BBC this am. Also CNN and WHO. Hardly "suppression in the West".

The famous Black Death" plague of the Middle Ages was BUBONIC plague, spread via bites from fleas.

There are other types of plague.

As far as we know so far, the current infection is a PNEUMONIC plague which affects the lungs and is spread by coughed or exhaled droplets.

www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/plague

Reported.

What has been reported- and why?

fancythat

Some people may want to read up about it.
200 have died in Russia so far?

I have seen 2 articles in Daily Mail. Not much elsewhere so far.

Sensationalist exaggeration

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This is being widely reported.

28-year-old laboratory technician Darya Shipilova has died from suspected pneumonic plague. It is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, usually found in small mammals and their fleas.

189 other people who had contact with her are being monitored with 12 individuals sent to the Anti-Plague Institute for observation.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the plague is highly infectious and can be fatal if not treated early but it is treatable with antibiotics.

Thank you for some common sense

MawsRosie

What has been reported- and why?

butterandjam said I lied.

I neither lie in real life, nor on here.

I shall use non spiky Politics from now on.

I put this in health, but I could have put it in Politics.

The phrase Please God help me to keep my mouth shut until I know what I’m talking about springs to mind.

fancythat

MawsRosie

What has been reported- and why?

butterandjam said I lied.

I neither lie in real life, nor on here.

I didn’t read it as that. If she had been referring to you she would have written Fancy’s lies, not fancy lies.

I've just checked online and I don't think that a second death has been reported yet. I heard on the radio that the problem is that if you do catch it and are not treated, it is almost always fatal. However it does respond well if antibiotics are given promptly.

It did say on the BBC website that the WHO have asked Russia for an explanation and correct figures.

My guess is that they will be waiting a long time…

It's a bit scary but the CDC reports about 7 case of plague every year in the US although mainly bubonic, so not quite as deadly as pneumonic. The last death I know of was in 2025 in Arizona but there may have been others since. Not sure about cases worldwide but I'm sure there will be some.

We probably don't hear so much about it because we have the antibiotics to deal with it if treated quickly. One reason Covid was so scary was because no one knew what we were dealing with when it started and it caused many deaths quite quickly.

fancythat

I shall use non spiky Politics from now on.

I put this in health, but I could have put it in Politics.

'Non spiky Politics is not a forum and if you think you can hide under the designation 'non spiky' to avoid challenge I suspect you will find yourself mistaken.

Lots of info online, including that some States have temporarily closed their borders.
Sorry, can't give references at the moment, so could be Facebook fantasy.

I've just watched Steve Rosenberg's report from Russia including round up of newspapers. No mention of plague. Two people killed by a bear in the laboratory region though.

Get in touch with BBC Verify. They seem to get all their news from God and know about everything in the Universe and are therefore never wrong.

Sorted.

grandMattie

It is said that the disease originated in Russia all those centuries ago, so its reappearance is not really surprising. Just pray that it doesn’t spread. Mind you, modern antibiotics are supposed to cure it - if the doctors recognise the symptoms!

It's reappearance is due to a laboratory worker inadvertantly breaking a test-tube and dying of the plague, poor girl. So it had nothing to do with global warming or permafrost.

Most scientists still believe y-pestis to have originated in India, where it still can be found.

AuntieE

grandMattie

It is said that the disease originated in Russia all those centuries ago, so its reappearance is not really surprising. Just pray that it doesn’t spread. Mind you, modern antibiotics are supposed to cure it - if the doctors recognise the symptoms!

It's reappearance is due to a laboratory worker inadvertantly breaking a test-tube and dying of the plague, poor girl. So it had nothing to do with global warming or permafrost.

Most scientists still believe y-pestis to have originated in India, where it still can be found.

Yes, I read that too and posted earlier, also asking

If this is true, what are scientists in Russia doing and why?

Are they trying to find a vaccine or different treatments if people are becoming resistant to antibiotics ? It can pass from person to person and is nearly always fatal unless treated.

If antibiotics are effective why are the Russians experimenting?
We may never have heard about this if this laboratory worker had not had an accident, as reported.

Were they experimenting on bio weapon?

Train of thought about SARS in China was just that.

Ebola again in Africa; New strain of COVID in US;Measles all over Europe;superbugs resistant to anti-biotics in UK hospitals
Is Gaia fighting back about our overpopulation?

There was a good article about it on CNN, which is here.

edition.cnn.com/health/pneumonic-plague-explained

I didn’t realise that it’s not that rare for there to be isolated cases.

If antibiotics are effective against pneumonic plague and this laboratory worker reported it as soon as the accident happened was she given an immediate course of antibiotics and, if so, why did they not work?

The world will get as much transparency from Russia about their Pneumonic Plague as we got from China about Covid.

JenniRen

If antibiotics are effective against pneumonic plague and this laboratory worker reported it as soon as the accident happened was she given an immediate course of antibiotics and, if so, why did they not work?

That is worrying if it turns out to be a resistant form of plague it may spread, any airborne disease has the ability to spread quickly