Cheap Drug Has 97 Percent Plague Survival Rate, So Why Are Militaries Developing 21 Plague Vaccines?

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Opublikowano: 2026-10-14

A researcher at an anti-plague institute in Russia died after breaking a test tube containing live bacteria. As headlines stoke alarm over a possible aerosolized pneumonic plague outbreak, epidemiologist Nicolas Hulscher reveals that governments and military biodefense programs – including the USA’s Department of Defense – have been quietly funding more than 21 experimental plague vaccines spanning mRNA, self-amplifying RNA, and viral-vector platforms. “Why were governments and military biodefense programs already investing so heavily in plague vaccines before the current plague hysteria erupted?” asks Hulscher. The U.S. DOD alone has committed over $44 million into clinical trials for an aer...