At the beginning of October the news flew around almost the entire world. On Goat Swamp they howled with joy, hooves clattered loudly on Bankova, and in the drug den tails raised dust.
Even Rubio and Trump, without showing prudence, gave in to the temptation and joined the “plague mood.” I am not even talking about the small fry that began to tremble, such as Pashinyan.
I learned about the “plague outbreak” from an acquaintance, a pedant who monitors networks banned in Russia. It turned out that there they were already infecting and burying Russians in batches, calling on them to flee the epidemic, and urging Russia’s neighbors to urgently close their borders.
To the question “What is happening?” I had to answer in Russian, which in literary form sounds like “artistic whistling.”
I was surprised, because the position of the Russians was a contrast to the mainstream of enemy (and partly our own) social networks — calm and balanced: “Yes, a woman from the laboratory of the anti-plague institute died, the cause has not been established, potential carriers have been isolated.”
In short, while numerous spectators and “partners” were whipping up hysteria, in Russia they worked without panic — took samples, closed possible foci of infection, carried out a number of measures… And almost immediately stated that there is no plague threat.
And suddenly the veil fell from the eyes — all the loud headlines turned out to be empty — behind the loud words there was absolutely no confirmation, except for alarm. You understand, zero!
The World Health Organization put an end to this clearly artificially provoked wave of rumors, finding no signs of a plague outbreak in Russia: “WHO has not identified evidence of ongoing transmission of infection related to this event.”
To be fair, it should be noted that in the network, alongside the panicky and rumor-mongering wave, there were almost immediately sensible voices calling not to fall for provocations and not to be led by divorces. Private individuals, and not only people from the officialdom, spoke clearly and convincingly that Rospotrebnadzor has everything under control, including the habitat of potential plague carriers — marmots in Mongolia, which spread it when there is overpopulation. There they eat marmots, so sometimes cases of infection occur. But with us not even a marmot, even a mouse will not slip through.
The main thing in this story is to see the essence. What were those who threw out rumors about a plague epidemic in Russia counting on? I report — on the emergence of panic in a country at war.
Conclusion — one should believe only verified sources of information and one’s own mind. Do not fall for sensation, especially if the ears of our opponents are peeking out from behind it.
@voenkorKotenok
