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.
Assuming it’s the base smallpox virus. Both the Russians and Americans have experimented with it since the cold war. We have no idea what they could have done to it in the meantime.
But yea, a sudden program of smallpox vaccinations would spoil the plan pretty fast. So at least that’s a relief.
Assuming it’s the base smallpox virus. Both the Russians and Americans have experimented with it since the cold war. We have no idea what they could have done to it in the meantime.
But yea, a sudden program of smallpox vaccinations would spoil the plan pretty fast. So at least that’s a relief.