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[00:00:00] The bacteria of the plague, often called the Black Death, are carried by
[00:00:03] fleas that infest rats. The fleas bite
[00:00:06] rats, and when these bite a human, they transmit
[00:00:09] the bacteria. Inhaling the pathogen would also coincide with the theory
[00:00:13] that researchers, while conducting experiments, could have broken a test tube and thus
[00:00:16] become infected, and later died. However, Shipilova's mother, who gave an interview to
[00:00:20] local media, claims that only fools believe such
[00:00:23] claims, that she knows what really happened, but does not say so publicly.
[00:00:27] Nevertheless, the biggest concern is that pneumonic
[00:00:30] plague is the only form that a human can transmit to another
[00:00:33] person. It progresses extremely rapidly; from onset to death
[00:00:37] can pass in just one or a few days, and the initial symptoms
[00:00:41] resemble a common flu, so recognizing the disease immediately is difficult.
[00:00:44] The fact that Shipilova was admitted to the hospital on September 29th, and died
[00:00:48] on October 1st, is part of the evidence that it is indeed about
[00:00:52] a possible case of pneumonic plague. Nevertheless, it is emphasized
[00:00:55] that the disease is easily curable, although action needs to be taken
[00:00:58] quickly. Small and mass
[00:01:02] Since the infection is in the lungs, pneumonic plague can spread
[00:01:05] by coughing, but the infection does not spread very far, so
[00:01:09] direct close contact with a person suffering from pneumonic plague
[00:01:13] is necessary for infection. However, measures are said to have been taken. Local
[00:01:16] media claims that about 200 people from the same plague
[00:01:20] institute and the deceased's environment were quarantined.
[00:01:24] Reportedly, institute employees were not allowed to leave the building; they were forced to sleep
[00:01:27] in the institution's cafeteria.
[00:01:30] True, it is claimed that most of them have already been released, almost
[00:01:33] 500 laboratory tests have been performed and nothing has been found.
[00:01:36] Reportedly, the pathogen was not detected. It is also claimed
[00:01:39] that a special cleaning team visited where the women lived, and
[00:01:43] when residents asked what was being sprayed, they were reportedly assured
[00:01:46] that they were fighting cockroaches. My
[00:01:49] brother attends elementary school, and mandatory mask wearing has already been introduced
[00:01:53] there. They are even allowed not to attend school. I have a friend
[00:01:56] in Irkutsk who studies at a medical college. It is also
[00:02:00] now strictly required to wear masks all the time.
[00:02:04] The Russian authorities repeat that no case of plague has been identified and emphasize
[00:02:08] that Shipilova was vaccinated against the disease, but at the same time
[00:02:10] did not deny that the plague version was considered and investigated.
[00:02:14] Accusations are nevertheless leveled at the media, reportedly that it is causing
[00:02:17] panic. Residents are urged to trust only official
[00:02:20] sources, but they are not necessarily transparent. The World
[00:02:23] Health Organization, to which Russia belongs, claims not to have received
[00:02:27] detailed information about a possible case of plague. This would help
[00:02:30] form a comprehensive picture, and there have also been reports of
[00:02:34] a possible second infection.
[00:02:38] In the past few years, we have experienced a pandemic that claimed
[00:02:41] many lives. I believe preparation for future
[00:02:44] biological threats should be one of the most important
[00:02:48] issues for the global health community.
[00:02:51] Preparation and transparency of information, according to experts, is as important in the case of dangerous diseases
[00:02:55] as the treatment itself. However, it remains
[00:02:59] unclear how the war research institute employee fell ill, and if it
[00:03:02] was simply lung burn, why it claimed the life of a young
[00:03:06] and seemingly healthy woman so
[00:03:08] quickly.
[00:03:11] In December, the United States may surpass Iran,
[00:03:14] North Korea, and Afghanistan in carrying out public
[00:03:17] death sentences. The Pentagon plans to publicly broadcast
[00:03:21] the execution by firing squad of the Islamist who killed 13 soldiers 15 years ago.
[00:03:24] This comes just as America is already inflamed by discussions
[00:03:27] about the death penalty. Krista Pike, sentenced
[00:03:31] for a brutal murder, survived the execution and even two lethal
[00:03:34] injections. This is the first such case, potentially changing the procedure
[00:03:38] for carrying out sentences that the majority of Americans still
[00:03:41] support.
[00:03:43] Former Associated Press
[00:03:49] journalist Michael Gracyk has observed over 400 death
[00:03:52] sentences since 1984. Journalists are invited
[00:03:56] to executions of condemned prisoners in the United States as
[00:04:00] witnesses. There were a couple of cases, many
[00:04:02] years ago, before Pentobarbital was used,
[00:04:06] where the needle came out twice. Then the curtains
[00:04:09] of the execution room were closed so that we, the
[00:04:11] witnesses, would not see how the needles were reinserted and
[00:04:15] the injection administered. When the curtain reopened,
[00:04:18] the death penalty was completed. Journalists witnessed
[00:04:21] a different ending last week
[00:04:24] in a prison in Tennessee State.
[00:04:27] "26 minutes to 8," she said, "My arms feel like they're going
[00:04:31] to explode." Krista Pike was sentenced to death three
[00:04:35] decades ago. A photo of her victim is behind the journalists – the
[00:04:38] brutally murdered 19-year-old Colleen Lemer.
[00:04:42] The curtains of the execution chamber closed for the first time at 14
[00:04:46] minutes to 8, but at 11 minutes to 8 they reopened
[00:04:50] again. And according to witnesses, the fate of the
[00:04:54] condemned woman was unclear.
[00:04:56] When we left seven minutes to 9,
[00:05:00] Pike was still breathing. They injected pentobarbital twice. I had
[00:05:03] never seen that.
[00:05:06] While the press conference was still ongoing near the prison, ambulances
[00:05:09] appeared. It became clear that the execution with
[00:05:13] two doses of pentobarbital, a central nervous system sedative, had failed. Krista
[00:05:16] Pike survived. A week later, her lawyers announced that
[00:05:19] their client had woken up and started talking. She has a blood clot in one
[00:05:23] hand, suffers from pneumonia, currently cannot swallow,
[00:05:27] eat, or move her arms. Lawyers
[00:05:30] say Pike is angry. She
[00:05:33] was kind and polite until they pricked her arm with needles
[00:05:36] for an hour. Then she felt the sting of
[00:05:39] pentobarbital. She woke up in the
[00:05:42] hospital, surrounded by strangers, with a tube
[00:05:46] in her throat. Doctors speculate that the substance likely did not enter
[00:05:49] her bloodstream. I believe
[00:05:52] the reason this didn't work was that the veins where the
[00:05:55] catheters were inserted simply collapsed, burst, and the pentobarbital
[00:05:59] began circulating not in the blood, but concentrated at the injection site and
[00:06:03] started burning her arm. The condemned woman's lawyers warned
[00:06:07] the state about possible complications. Plaintiff
[00:06:09] Pike previously had trouble with blood draws or needle
[00:06:13] insertions. The Eighth Amendment to the Constitution,
[00:06:16] which prohibits cruel and unusual punishments, can now help
[00:06:19] lawyers prevent the punishment from being repeated.
[00:06:23] It would be argued that, at least in her case, the execution would be cruel because
[00:06:27] her body does not react to a lethal injection. This was
[00:06:30] supposed to be the first death penalty for a woman in Tennessee in 200 years,
[00:06:34] when the Supreme Court upheld the 1996
[00:06:37] verdict. Lawyers tried to argue that the sentence did not
[00:06:40] take into account that the accused, Pike, who brutally murdered 19-year-old Lemer
[00:06:44] with the child, had herself experienced violence growing up.
[00:06:48] The governor also disregarded the plea for mercy. Now the woman
[00:06:51] has been returned to prison for treatment, and death penalties in the state
[00:06:55] are suspended. Residents of Tennessee hope that
[00:06:58] sentences will be implemented not only legally and
[00:07:01] constitutionally, but also effectively. This was
[00:07:03] not the case. Opponents of the death penalty
[00:07:07] emphasized that such cases are not uncommon. In 2022,
[00:07:10] one-third of executions failed.
[00:07:13] "As terrible and astonishing as it may be, it's not surprising. Back in
[00:07:17] May, another death penalty in Tennessee
[00:07:19] failed.
[00:07:22] And most often, executions fail due to
[00:07:24] injection. It's often difficult to obtain medication because
[00:07:28] manufacturers, often in Europe, do not want their drugs to be used for that purpose,
[00:07:32] so other avenues must be sought, as well as other specialists
[00:07:35] to carry out death sentences. 27 out of
[00:07:39] 50 states have them, although some have halted executions due to a lack
[00:07:43] of drugs. Last year, South Carolina changed execution by injection to
[00:07:46] firing squad, when the number of executions increased. Last year,
[00:07:50] 47 executions were carried out, the most in 15
[00:07:53] years. I think Americans can theoretically support the death penalty,
[00:07:56] but when faced with it up close, it becomes
[00:07:59] uncomfortable. Krista Spike's case is already causing
[00:08:02] controversy. All attention is focused on Krista; she has become
[00:08:06] a celebrity, and that's terrible. We must remember Colleen, her terrible
[00:08:10] death. I believe the death penalty is simply
[00:08:13] immoral. We shouldn't do that as a society. Violence
[00:08:17] should not lead to even more violence. Among the supporters
[00:08:20] of the death penalty is the president. On his first day back in the White House,
[00:08:24] Donald Trump ended the federal moratorium on punishment,
[00:08:27] promising aid to the states. In December, by his
[00:08:30] order, an unprecedented punishment is planned to be carried out. The Pentagon
[00:08:33] chief promises that in 2009, the Islamist who killed 13 soldiers at the base,
[00:08:37] Nidal Malik Hasan, who worked as a military psychologist, will be executed by firing squad.
[00:08:40] And even more,
[00:08:43] we will ensure that people can watch this publicly, because people need
[00:08:47] to understand that such things have serious consequences.
[00:08:51] A firing squad execution at Fort Hood, where the attack took place, would be the military's
[00:08:55] first death penalty since 1961, and the first
[00:08:57] firing squad execution since World War II. Although United States
[00:09:01] laws prohibit broadcasting death penalties, military rules
[00:09:05] do not prohibit it.
[00:09:07] 200-300 years ago, public executions were a spectacle.
[00:09:10] For people, it was like a picnic, but this is ending.
[00:09:14] There are exceptions, but most countries do not carry out public
[00:09:17] death penalties. We find ourselves in terrible company. North
[00:09:21] Korea and Iran carry out public executions, but
[00:09:25] do not broadcast them. Experts warn that the convicted attacker will gain
[00:09:28] a platform for publicity; he has shown in every possible way
[00:09:31] that he seeks martyrdom. Trump repeats that the punishment
[00:09:35] will deter. Today you can do anything and nothing will happen, but
[00:09:38] we are changing that. This would contradict international
[00:09:42] norms and violate the absolute prohibition of
[00:09:45] torture, but it is not enshrined in law, and the administration's
[00:09:48] conflict with international law is deepening. Due to alleged persecution
[00:09:52] of Americans, Washington this week announced sanctions against the International
[00:09:55] Criminal Court. On Friday, just a few
[00:09:59] hours after the Nobel Peace Prize laureate was announced, his former
[00:10:02] judge Navanethem Pillay warned that in a world where
[00:10:06] international law is under attack, the law of the strong returns.
[00:10:09] That's all for this week, thank you for