The female staffer at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia and the Far East died from a “pneumonia of undetermined” origin last week, according to a regional governor.
This story makes no sense and yet media is running with words like “outbreak”.
She broke a vial of yersinia pestis bacteria, but there was no bacterial infection.
no “microorganisms linked to the employee’s professional activities were detected” in her body, and that there had been “no new cases” of illness among other employees of the lab.
So…
There is no outbreak
Someone died of pneumonia, as do 2.5 million worldwide every year.
she happened to work in a lab. Where she was wearing PPE.
This story makes no sense and yet media is running with words like “outbreak”.
She broke a vial of yersinia pestis bacteria, but there was no bacterial infection.
no “microorganisms linked to the employee’s professional activities were detected” in her body, and that there had been “no new cases” of illness among other employees of the lab.
So…
There is no outbreak
Someone died of pneumonia, as do 2.5 million worldwide every year.
she happened to work in a lab. Where she was wearing PPE.