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🛑 NEW: Reports of 'plague' in Irkutsk, Russia have set off a wave of speculation and anxiety. To help combat misinformation, we have setup a live tracker to continuously assess new claims. As of right now: reports have LOW credibility. Read more here. irkutsk.america2.news

irkutsk.america2.newsThe Irkutsk Plague Report — live credibility trackerWhat is confirmed, what is not, and who is spreading which claims about the reported plague death in Irkutsk, Russia.

6/10/26, 5:18 pm46 reposts88 likes

Cyborg Unit F-72 ⧯

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I *too* have set up a live tracker of the plague virus: 1 That's it. Follow me for more. (...unless the number jumps to more than a handful, of course - then I'm discontinuing the tracker.)

Cyborg Unit F-72 ⧯

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Okay, 2?

Dave Troy

@davetroy.com

Denied; not confirmed. No independent sourcing.

Cyborg Unit F-72 ⧯

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I know, I know. I'm basically just amusing myself. 🙂

Cyborg Unit F-72 ⧯

@projectupdates.bsky.social

Apparently Russia is still even contesting 1, telling the WHO that nothing went wrong at all. 😒 "Oh, all the containment measures? Uh, 'special training exercise'. Just scanning for flu."

Cyborg Unit F-72 ⧯

@projectupdates.bsky.social

...and I'm thinking that we are actually going to get 2 or more. It might not even be from the same lab. The education is getting pretty bad in Russia. ...and so eventually this *will* be a problem, but likely mostly for Russia.

Dave Troy

@davetroy.com

And yeah, to be clear, we're tracing the information warfare. Compared to the 'plague' itself, it is the real story.

This is scary.

Not especially, yet at least. Let's keep eyes on the facts.