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Russian Soldiers In Chernobyl Fall Sick With Radiation Poisoning, Reports Claim | IFLScience

This one is being disputed as potential Ukrainian propaganda, but it wouldn't surprise me.  Earlier reports from weeks ago, when Russia first seized Chernobyl, indicated that the troops who took it knew nothing about the facility or its past.  

Which makes sense-- they're almost all very young, and there's no reason to think their Russian state media controlled lives, and state controlled educations, would have ever taught them anything about a disaster that occurred there over thirty years ago.  The day they showed up there to invade, is probably the first time they'd ever heard the name of the place.

A human needs a pretty serious dose of radiation to exhibit symptoms within a few weeks that are debilitating.

Yup.  If the rumor is true, that they were digging trenches in the radiation-dust-laden Red Forest, with zero PPE, then I suppose it could manifest quickly.

My first job out of college was testing Ion Implanters for semiconductor manufacturing, they're basically a small particle accelerator.  They produce fairly large amounts of radiation and the entire ion source and beamline are heavily lead shielded as a result.  Still, small leaks were possible and I had to wear a radiation monitoring badge every single day I worked there.  They were tested regularly and if your badge exceeded the limit you were pulled out of the clean room and sent to the doctor.  Never happened to me or anyone I knew, though.

4 million rubel is what? 50 cents?

damn that's a great idea, 50 Cent should change his rap name to 4 Million Ruble.

I think we are able to assemble a pretty accurate portrayal of reality with our various news sources.

Most of our news is basic facts, as I have noted before.

you are so propagandized you don't even realize it. most Americans are though. it's sad. Chomsky was right on the money when he said any despot dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.

Basic facts huh. Basic facts like Donald Trump being a Russian agent- an evidence free based conspiracy theory based off a phony dossier by a James Bond wannabe reject- which launched YEARS of investigations and wasted millions and millions of dollars of US tax payer dollars. Oh yeah, what about the basic facts that Hunter Biden's laptop was a Russian disinformation plot. Basic facts. Huh. 

Please discuss this elsewhere.

I promise you, we all know how each of you would feel about the current president or vice president handling potential escalations with Russia.  Beyond that, this discussion belongs somewhere else.

Yeah it didn't sound all that believable to me, when I heard it.  But I'm no expert nor did I stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night.