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US monitors suspected pneumonic plague death in Russia
Original: Bl**dy hell… can it get any worse? I’m sure RFK Jr. will jump to everyone’s rescue if the plague sweeps across America…
US health officials say they are closely monitoring reports that a Russian laboratory worker has died of suspected pneumonic plague. The news is drawing alarm online, with some questioning whether America's public health system is prepared, and critics singling out Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s record on vaccines and disease response as a reason for concern.
Why now: Fears of a potential plague outbreak are compounded by distrust of US public health leadership under RFK Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.RussiaUnited StatesSky News
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