Global health officials continue to press Moscow for full transparency

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is investigating reports of a second possible pneumonic plague case in Siberia after the death of a laboratory worker who was allegedly exposed to the illness.

Global health officials are pushing Moscow for transparency following the death of 28-year-old laboratory technician Darya Shipilova at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov.

Shipilova was admitted to hospital late last month with acute respiratory failure and placed on a ventilator before passing away on 2 October.

Local media reported that she was exposed to a dangerous pathogen after accidentally shattering a sample tube during routine laboratory work.

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[–] 2 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I remember when tankie just meant communist.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    I think it was coined when the USSR used Tanks to suppress protests in Hungaria in 1956, further solidified when China used Tanks to commit a massacre in 1989 protests most notably Tiananmen Square which was broadcast live to the entire world at the time.

    So, no, it never described "real" communists. Just dictatorship advocates.

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  • [+] -16 points 2 days ago

    Weird how '56 Budapest never came up ever.

    "Communist" was also a meaningless pejorative until an entire generation aged out, along with their tired Cold War McCarthyist bullshit.

    You're just a propagandist with absolutely no substance.

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