BLYATVIRUS 26

Suspected pneumonic plague, Irkutsk Oblast. Officially: "there is no plague." Unofficially: hospitals in quarantine and a smelter in masks.

day -- since the test tube broke · 25 Sep 2026 Irkutsk --:--

Slop corner

vibes, not epidemiology
blyat index
2 / 5
Goes up if a contact gets sick, a case shows up off the contact list, or the Kremlin says "stable" a fourth time.
marmot threat level
ELEVATED
Siberian rodents have carried plague for centuries. They did not break the test tube. Still: do not pet them.
is this COVID 2
NO
Bacterium, not virus. Antibiotics work. Spreads only by close contact once sick. Calm down. Wash your hands anyway.

Case count

Form 26-A
confirmed infections beyond patient zero
0
The plague is not spreading. The panic is. [CNBC]

    News map: who is reacting where

    death / origin quarantine panic & measures watching nervously

    Kremlin vs. reality

    Form 26-K
    3
    official "not plague" statements
    2
    official posts deleted

    Stock market panic meter

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    Wall Street fear level (VIX)
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    -- VIX · COVID peak was 82.69

      Change since 25 Sep 2026, the day the tube broke. Live: Yahoo Finance; COVID history: FRED.

      Fine until it wasn't. S&P 500, % change from the day the outbreak hit the news. In 2020 the market hit a record high on day 50, then fell 31% in five weeks.
      BlyatVirus 26 (day 0: 25 Sep 2026)COVID-19 (day 0: 31 Dec 2019)
      S&P 500 percent change by day since outbreak news, COVID 2020 versus 2026
      data table

      Infection status by country

      confirmed + suspected · as of 5 Oct
      countrycasesdeadwatched
      infected no cases, border checks no cases

      Russia's single case is suspected: officially "pneumonia of unknown etiology". Border checks are reported by The Insider and Russian media only.

      Incident log

      dates as reported · sources linked

        Live wire

        Google News, sorted by trust
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        RU-DOMESTIC: Russian domestic and state-aligned outlets. Shown because they sometimes have it first, and because watching the denials is half the story. Not verified. A number here is a claim until a trusted lane repeats it.

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