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Physician, scientist, biosecurity expert. Co-founder, @BioRadarUSA. Because an ounce of data is worth a thousand pounds of opinion.

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Ashish K. Jha@ashishkjha

Many of you have been tracking the Irkutsk lab situation over the last few days. I've been gathering facts and trying to understand what is happening before weighing in. Now that I have, I have to...

SummaryA 28-year-old technician died after reportedly breaking a tube containing plague at a Russian institute in Irkutsk, with nearly 200 people now in isolation. Given Russia's known active military biological weapons program, the FSB's involvement in the response, and historical precedent with the 1979 Sverdlovsk anthrax leak, this incident raises serious concerns about accidental pathogen releases from secret weapons programs and highlights the urgent need for international biodefense preparedness.Oct 5, 20269 tweets♥ 8.3K