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This is playing with fire.
Minks and ferrets have such humanlike lung cells that they’re the standard for testing human flu transmission. (Cows aren’t!)
An H5N1 epidemic raging in a mink farm is basically the plot for Dr. Evil tries to spark a pandemic. Luck isn’t a plan.
Here’s something you should know about minks:
They have lungs and airways remarkably similar on a cellular level to those of people.
They’ve spread flus and infected humans before with COVID-19.
Right now, bird flu is spreading on a Utah farm filled with thousands of them… 🧵
ALT A close-up view of a white mink with red eyes and a pink nose baring its teeth and hissing, emerging from under a dark enclosure.
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This is basically a classical dangerous Gain of Function (dGoF) experiment. I wish the US government would shut it down.
A while ago, Stacey Schultz-Cherry and I wrote a commentary (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/article…), that ends with this sentence:
US: Bird flu has been spreading for around two months on a Utah mink farm holding thousands of animals. None have been culled, workers aren't being monitored, and the USDA says it doesn't regulate mink. So thousands of animals are exposed, workers could be at risk, and nobody seems to be taking responsibility.
theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
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Kenya has confirmed a third case of the Ebola Bundibugyo virus. The patient, a 65-year-old woman, is a primary contact and a close relative of the first and second cases and had been under quarantine.
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With 9,000 infections and 4,000 deaths, Ebola continues to spread in eastern DR Congo. German experts are training local healthcare workers to treat patients safely and contain the virus. #EuropeNews l.euronews.com/UQXV
Det giver en vis mening, at man i 1800-tallet vurderede vold mildt, da slagsmål var hyppige og man kunne jo ikke smide alle mænd i fængsel. Bedrageri derimod kunne ødelægge tilliden til møntfoden f.eks.
Det giver dog ingen mening at vi har fastholdt disse forældede principper.
And you will probably have very few casualties yourself, since it is not very transmissible. A cotton mask is 100 per cent effective (as proven during the Manchurian plague), and you can keep antibiotics on hand, which are very effective at treating plague.
1/ A Russian lab worker has died of plague after reportedly breaking a tube containing live Yersinia pestis at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute. Nearly 200 contacts were placed under observation.
The institute’s history makes the case unusually interesting.
Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regional leader.
themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/0…
Fiona Hill, who has studied Putin's Russia extensively, said of Putin in 2022: “if he has a capability, he’d like to use it.” She was describing a broader pattern, not biological weapons specifically.
That makes the provenance of the Irkutsk plague culture a legitimate question.
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The #Ebola outbreak in DRC isn't getting much attention these days. It should be. statnews.com/2026/10/02/ebol…
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Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regional leader.
themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/0…
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I met with Speaker of the Folketing of Denmark Søren Gade. I thanked him for Denmark’s strong and consistent support for Ukraine. Denmark always helps, and we know that this support comes not only from the government, but also from the parliament and all the Danish people.
I am grateful for the words of condolence over the lives lost in Russia’s inhumane strikes. This is undoubtedly an escalation, and it is especially important now that the focus on supporting Ukraine does not waver.
Financial contributions to Ukraine’s defense production and direct defense assistance, first and foremost air defenses to protect against jet-powered drones and ballistic missiles, are important. There are also opportunities under the European SAFE instrument that we can pursue together with Denmark to strengthen our shared security. We discussed all of this today.
Thank you for your readiness to help in all these areas.
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Den kendte historiker og journalist Adam Holm udtaler til B.T.:
»Det er trist, at Enhedslistens ungdomsafdeling ikke forstår, at Sovjetunionens flag symboliserer et diktatur. De unge socialister mener selv, at de står for tolerance og medmenneskelighed, men alligevel vælger de at slå til lyd for en stat, der myrdede og indespærrede millioner af sine egne borgere, blandt dem mange loyale kommunister.«
B.T. har konfronteret Enhedslisten med sagen hos deres unge samarbejdspartnere.
Læs, hvad gruppeformand Peder Hvelplund havde at sige om sagen i artiklen herunder.
