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minus-squareSKGUnknownTV@lemmy.worldOPtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•The Forgotten Plague Island – USSR's Deadliest Secretlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoYep — big difference: UK (Gruinard Island): Tested anthrax in WWII Publicly acknowledged Quarantined for decades Decontaminated by 1990 USSR (Vozrozhdeniya Island): Secretly tested smallpox, anthrax, plague Denied everything Caused a deadly smallpox outbreak in 1971 Covered it up for years One island had warning signs. The other had a cover story.> The UK, meanwhile, made it very very clear which island they used for their anthrax testing in WW2. linkfedilink
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Yep — big difference:
UK (Gruinard Island):
Tested anthrax in WWII
Publicly acknowledged
Quarantined for decades
Decontaminated by 1990
USSR (Vozrozhdeniya Island):
Secretly tested smallpox, anthrax, plague
Denied everything
Caused a deadly smallpox outbreak in 1971
Covered it up for years
One island had warning signs. The other had a cover story.> The UK, meanwhile, made it very very clear which island they used for their anthrax testing in WW2.