Russia’s consumer-welfare agency Rospotrebnadzor issued a statement Tuesday offering to help the United States combat outbreaks of the measles in several states – making a painfully transparent effort to distract from growing international criticism of the Russian government for a possible outbreak of pneumonic plague from a research lab in Siberia.
\n\n“The Russian Federation is ready to assist the United States in combating outbreaks of infectious diseases,” Rospotrebnadzor said, pointing to measles outbreaks in several U.S. states, one of them severe enough to prompt an emergency declaration in New York.
\n\nThe Russian agency also mentioned outbreaks of typhoid fever and legionellosis in the United States, and then tipped its cards by saying, “The first fatal case of plague in 2026 was reported in New Mexico.” There is no evidence that the case of plague in New Mexico involved the same bacteria as the one alleged in Siberia, as the Russian government has not confirmed what pathogen caused the illness in question, and it is unlikely to be the same pathogen given the radically different natural biomes of New Mexico and Siberia.
\n\nThe biggest health story in the world right now is the outbreak of respiratory plague in Siberia, which appears…
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