A 28-year-old researcher died from a “pneumonia of undetermined origin” after breaking a test tube in a Russian anti-plague lab. Nearly 200 people are now in quarantine over fears of a pneumonic plague outbreak in the Siberia region. Untreated pneumonic plague has nearly 100% fatality.
The White House is monitoring the situation. But even the World Health Organization says, based on the current information, “the public health risk to the general population appears to be low.” Is this simply another round of media pandemic panic – and will they vanish from the headlines as quickly as cyclospora, measles, bird flu, and monkeypox?
Steve Kirsch breaks through the press-induced anxiety over minor biological threats, analyzes Florida’s landmark consumer protection lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies, and reveals new research on blood-brain barrier permeability. James Lindsay examines the escalating riots tearing through France, the tactics of revolutionary political movements, and why Western legal systems tolerate street violence while censoring online speech.
James Lindsay Ph.D. is an author, speaker, and the founder and president of New Discourses. He holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Tennessee and is best known for his criticism of “Woke” ideology, the Grievance Studies Affair, and his bestselling books including Race Marxism and Cynical Theories. He hosts the New Discourses Podcast. Follow at https://x.com/conceptualjames
Steve Kirsch is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, MIT graduate, and philanthropist who has founded seven companies. He is the founder of the COVID-19 Early Treatment Fund and the Vaccine Safety Research Foundation. Kirsch has one of the most widely read Substacks in the world at https://stevekirsch.substack.com/ and can be followed at https://x.com/stkirsch
