Is the PLAGUE back?!
What’s going on with the plague? Is a new pandemic starting in Russia? Today we’re breaking down what the plague even is, whether it’s a lab leak or potential bioweapon story, and how worried you should actually be.
Written by: Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown
Animated By: Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown
Edited by: Luka Sarlija
Sources & Further Reading:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7920731/
https://www.nature.com/nature/volumes/654/issues/8119
https://www.science.org/content/article/possible-plague-death-siberian-lab-baffles-scientists
@andyd6223
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
Never went away. There's been cases of the plague in homeless camps in California. 😄
@ZainMohamedZain-l1p
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
I'm fully prepared for a full house lock down 🔒🔒🏡🏡🗿🗿
@Janoth11
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
Hey AsapSCIENCE! Great content as usual but would you consider changing your bleep noise to something more ear friendly for people with hyperacusia.
@PiousMoltar
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
"Novel Coronavirus was new, unlike the plague" Oh no bro this isn't your granddaddy's plague. First off, it's spread through the air, unlike the classic plague. Way more dangerous. Also this is "dodgy Russian lab plague". So um yeah.
@PiousMoltar
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
I hope my mate Crehg doesn't catch the plehg
@jamesnoe7378
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
I guess we're on phase 2 of depopulation 🎉🎉🎉🎉😂
@agnethaladuff8559
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
The Corona Virus (Covid-19) was created in a laboratory, this new "Plague" is also created in a laboratory. Neither are deadly but the "Vaccine" is what really killed people that took it.
@WilliamAGould
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
These death rates are those whom DO NOT RECIEVE TREATMENT.
@Midnight.streamz
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
SCP-610
@phinasverb1999
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
I'm going to go with NO, the plague is not back. Now I know that you all dream of being a survivor of a plague that wipes out 95% of the world (Hey, free cars for everyone) myself included, but more than likely this is just another fear tactic, just like scary old covid # Cough Cough#
@ddzwiedziu
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
The thumbnail is pure fearmongering. Not watching.
@diavo009
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
This guy says Plague the same way they say Craig in south park.
@ajkundrath9661
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
Yeah it's called Islamic takeover in the United States
@danisonice.
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
I dreamt about this last night
@Chickey369
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
0:05 all 200 people quarantined have been cleared as negative of the plague. No need to worry
@ziziroberts8041
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
1. The plague is a bacteria, not a virus 2. Antibiotics exist 3. Boycott Holiday Travel
@Cole-LeevanWyk
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
I’m scared 💀💀
@J_w94
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
It is not the plague!!!! It is 6G the same like C19 was 5G!!!! Look it up
@MIVLP228
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
Иркутск симулятор
@GearsOfCake
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
Bruh stop saying "Plegg"
@Nels0983
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
Hey I remember this channel saying mRna vaccines were safe and effective. ✌️👋
@kieefiliaa1227
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
PROTECTION FROM PLAGUE : 🙏 PSALM 91🙏
@JosephOLoughlin-y2j
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
The Redaction Cycle might be one of the more interesting wa ys I've seen someone approach conspiracy theories. Instead of asking “is this true?” it basically asks “what would actually prove it?”
@EthanGoss-t9d
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
I just found something called The Redacted Atlas by Dorian Varen and I'm actually surprised I've never heard of it. Five volumes and apparently 200 different cases.
@RubyNiemeier
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
The more I look into The Redacted Atlas the more interesting it gets. Volume 1 is documented conspirac ies, volume 2 is things that are documented but still unexplained, and then it gets progressively darker.
@RobertSandoval-n2l
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
There's this guy Dorian Varen who apparently spent 15 years in a basement researching con spiracy cases. He released The Redacted Atlas one volume at a time and apparently got increasingly concerned about what he was finding.
@SophieDuncombe
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
I thought The Redacted Atlas was just another conspiracy book until I realized the author actually tries to disprove some of the theories he investigates. That honestly makes the stuff he DOES leave unresolved way more interesting.
@ThomasNeely-m4y
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
Dorian Varen apparently spent 15 years researching things tha t already happened and then ended the series by asking what the next conspiracies would look like before we even have a name for them.
@c.rutherford
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
Time to tell everyone to stop paying rent, and to close all the stores! Except the biggest ones of course.
That way when all the mom and pops go bankrupt the billionaires can mop up all the property for a steal.
@EthanGuest-o3t
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
There's this book called The Redacted Atlas that apparently went through hundreds of cons piracy cases and the Watergate chapter is crazy because it doesn't even rely on the usual conspiracy stuff. It literally breaks down what was proven, what wasn't, and where the evidence stops.
@LilyIsbister
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
People throw around “conspiracy theory” way too easily. I started reading The Redacted Atlas and realized some of these aren't th eories at all. Watergate, COINTELPRO, MKULTRA, PRISM… there's an actual paper trail.
@lonceyyoutube
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
This is bullshit, none of what you say is unverified and is irresponsible of you
@Mr01andrew
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
Wait.. i have seen this one before, its a classic….🙄
@richestjew
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
nothing ever happens
@MarkLutrelle-s4x
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
were not this dumb dont let the govt get their way again like during covid
@rowaldwousie5289
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
Lets thank bill gates for releasing this…
@OgHazeKiller562
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
Something is always coming out right before elections weird huh
@loocydity6119
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
OH COME ON! I haven't gotten a job yet😭😭
@Denzao-D
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
Nah. Antibiotic kills it if you notice it. It is not 100% fatal. Easy to google. This is scare video
@Sixeye_
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
Viruses mutate. That's what they need to keep an eye on.
@icantthinkofausername9348
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
Who’s playing Plague INC irl again 😭
@WaqasBabar2
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
Not gonna fall for this same as COVID. I'm ready for full on revolt this time
@nishapaudel5572
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
There is orange plague which is more serious for the climate of the world.
@cooperwelch1141
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
Holy fear monger…
@MarkSouljah-n4h
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
gain of function dude…….FEAR IS THE WEAPON
@c.rutherford
October 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm
The PLAGUE!! Everyone get your pickup trucks, hit the stores and load your carts with everything before it runs out