Annie Jacobson released her book "Biological War: A Scenario" just two months ago!!
Her scenario begins with a lab accident at Russia’s VECTOR Institute in Siberia that releases a genetically modified pneumonic plague pathogen, which then spreads internationally.
Jacobsen explicitly described the starting point in interviews before the current incident: “the inciting incident…is a lab accident at Russia’s BSL-4 lab called the Vector Institute,” releasing pneumonic plague.
Jacobsen uses the VECTOR Institute near Novosibirsk/Koltsovo, whereas the current event is at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute in Shelekhov, hundreds of miles away.
Her pathogen scenario is also a hypothetical genetically modified Soviet-derived bioweapon; there is currently no evidence that the Irkutsk incident involves anything engineered according to Russian authorities...
But as we know from recent times, those "facts" can change quickly!
Jacobson is a long timer in the truth seeking space, one who ascended to being a NY Times bestseller and guest on the biggest podcasts in the world. In fact, she was on PDB just a few weeks ago discussing this scenario.
Is Annie Jacobson the "EVENT 201" of this current situation?
Or is it just a coincidence?
Stay watchful!
🚨☣️BREAKING: Plague outbreak expands, Russia BSL-3 lab accident - FIVE hospitals now quarantined🚨☣️
The plague outbreak in Siberia, Russia has expanded w/5 hospitals now under QUARANTINE: Irkutsk Hospitals No. 1, No.3, No.10, Ivano-Matreninskaya Children's Hospital, and an unnamed maternity hospital (Lyudi Baikala news, Moscow Times).
Quarantine is NOT voluntary. Even in the U.S., quarantine is among the most extraordinary measures gov't can impose on American citizens who haven't been convicted, or even accused, of committing a crime. Quarantine means being forcibly confined and medically examined by law. U.S. quarantine can be imposed on anyone infected by a legally quarantinable disease listed below (this can change). One should assume Russia's quarantine protocols are even more severe. As of 2026, under Executive Order 14047, legally quarantinable diseases in the U.S. are:
■ Plague
■ Smallpox
■ Viral hemorrhagic fevers
■ Cholera
■ Diphtheria
■ Yellow fever
■ Infectious tuberculosis
■ Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
■ Flu that can cause a pandemic
■ Measles
Photo: Russia’s RKhBZ defense troops perform nuclear, biological, and chemical defense training (w/permission from the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation) — from BIOLOGICAL WAR: A SCENARIO by Annie Jacobsen (Dutton, 2026).