Dawnawaken92 t1_jad6qzm wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:21 PM

Reply to comment by SecretAgentIceBat in TIL that when epidemiologist Tamara Safonova and virologist Alexandra Sheboldaeva discovered Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus in 1937, they were accused of spreading the virus themselves and sentenced to 18 years in Soviet labor camps. by SecretAgentIceBat

But why would they frame them at all.

draculthemad t1_jadey6w wrote on February 28, 2023 at 5:13 PM

The people actually responsible for health and safety needed someone convenient to blame, other than their own failures.

If thousands of soldiers are getting sick from a tick-borne disease, someone has to answer uncomfortable questions about why they are surrounded by rats.

Much easier to blame evil scientists for sabotage.

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