The Russian Plague
There are strange coincidences nobody can explain about the plague going around Russia.
A plague researcher died in Siberia. Officials called it pneumonia “of unknown origin.” The Russian government said there was no lab accident, no plague pathogen in their samples, and no secondary cases among roughly 200 contacts. But there was more to the story.
Darya Shipilova worked at the Irkutsk Anti-plague Research Institute. She was hospitalized September 29 and passed away October 2. One account says she broke a tube of Yersinia pestis on the 25th. Authorities denied it. Other versions of the story put her in Thailand or near natural plague spots by the Mongolian border.
With social media posts vanishing, local warnings about plague cases being walked back, and more oddities piling up—like a bizarre coincidence involving Taylor Swift—there are plenty of facts, misconceptions, and strange occurrences around this Russian plague to discuss.
At the end of the show exclusively on Rise.TV, join Ben Chasteen and Rob Counts on this Edge of Wonder Live for an exclusive live Q&A.
