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The mother of the Russian scientist who died in a suspected plague outbreak in Siberia denies the reports that her daughter was infected after breaking a test tube \u2014 and instead suggested Russian officials \u201csimply let my daughter die.\u201d
\n\n\n\nDaria Shipilova, 28,\u00a0 had been working at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East when she fell ill and died in the hospital on Oct. 2 after reportedly dropping a test tube containing the deadly pathogen.
\n\n\n\nHowever, her mother Svetlana Shipilova, a medical professional, told Russian outlet Glubina that she was not buying that narrative, claiming it\u2019s simply impossible to break a test tube and insisting she knows \u201cthe truth,\u201d the Telegraph reported.
\n\n\n\n\u201cI know the truth,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m having to fend off stupid acquaintances who believed all this \u2013 the clever ones didn\u2019t believe it, of course.
\n\n\n\n\u201cNot even all medical professionals understand it\u2019s impossible to break a test tube like that,\u201d she continued. \u201cEven if you fling it at the wall. Only an amateur could say something like that.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\u201cEven hypothetically, you simply can\u2019t spill what\u2019s inside or break the tube \u2013 they\u2019re that well protected,\u201d she insisted.
\n\n\n\n\u201cThey simply let my daughter die.\u201d
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Russian officials have remained unnervingly quiet regarding the circumstances under which Daria Shipilova had become infected with pneumonic plague, despite reports she was exposed in a lab mishap.
\n\n\n\nAs a result of her death, hundreds who had come into contact with her were placed under quarantine.
Moscow has only confirmed that she died of \u201cpneumonia of unknown origin\u201d \u2014 but experts are now questioning whether the strain of plague that killed her could have been modified as a potential bioweapon.
\u201cIf she was working in a plague lab and had an accident, there would have been a protocol for her to go on antibiotics,\u201d Former CDC Director Robert Redfield told NewsNation on Tuesday.
\n\n\n\n\u201cNow, if the plague that she was working with had been manipulated to not be sensitive to antibiotics \u2026 that would explain why maybe they didn\u2019t work.\u201d
\n\n\n\n\n\nPresident Trump, meanwhile, downplayed the possibility that the scientist died from a biological weapon, saying Wednesday that \u201cwe don\u2019t think so\u201d but that \u201cwe\u2019re going to find out soon enough.\u201d
\n\n\n\nKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that Russia reported the incident to the World Health Organization and followed international protocol \u2014 accusing the media of pushing false information \u200babout the case.
\n\n\n\nThe World Health Organization and the United States are pushing Moscow to provide \u200bgreater transparency about the incident.
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