Suspected plague in Russia: the death of an Irkutsk lab technician worries the WHO and Washington
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More divergent than 59% of recent comparable stories (reference: 90 recent stories measured with the same method).
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this subject is more divergent than 59% of recent comparable stories
RussiaMoscow, in its independent press, is deciphering a battle of versions: between the Rospotrebnadzor's denials, quarantines observed on site and rumors of plague, it is the reliability of official information that is at stake.
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CanadaOttawa is tempering the alert by raising the question of the risk to Canadians: Toronto experts, the WHO, and the Public Health Agency converge on a very low danger, while the cause of death remains to be established.
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the narrative highlights the withdrawal of information about the plague and then the denial by the authorities.
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CanadaNational
the Globe and Mail immediately raises the question of Canadians' concern.
Break-in hypothesis
the Toronto Sun reports the lab accident before any official confirmation.
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Reliance on anonymous sources
the hypothesis of pulmonary plague is based on unnamed sources from several media outlets.
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Russia onlyCanadathis perspective does not carry this information