Dr. Alex Greninger answers western Washington's questions about pneumonic plague
The UW infectious disease specialist joined FOX 13 Seattle's morning show after Russia reported a death tied to the disease, and the comments arrived far faster than the station usually sees.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 48,499 views a day, 22 times a normal first day on this channel (2,243).
Russian plague death: WA doctor answers common questions | FOX 13 Seattle
"Russian plague death: WA doctor answers common questions" is a morning-show interview with a local expert. Dr. Alex Greninger heads the division of infectious disease diagnostics at the University of Washington School of Medicine. FOX 13 Seattle invited him on after Russia reported a death tied to pneumonic plague, the form of the disease that settles in the lungs. The description describes a story that left many viewers with questions and worries, and Greninger was there to answer the most common ones.
The video passed 30,000 views in its first ten hours. A longer upload on this channel usually finishes its whole first day at around 2,000. The comments moved even faster than the views: dozens came in during those hours, where a typical first day here brings a handful.
For a Seattle audience, Greninger's name has history. In early 2020 his UW virology lab was among the first in the country to build and run its own COVID-19 test. Many commenters make the same link and read the plague news through the pandemic years. Antibiotics come up again and again: if the disease can be treated, viewers ask, why does a single case draw this much attention? Others doubt the reports altogether.
The interview was not the newsroom's only quick start. A Short about a Lynnwood jewelry store owner went past 60,000 views in its own first day. The owner fired at suspects after they rammed a truck into the front entrance of the business during an attempted armed robbery.
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- Channel
- FOX 13 Seattle
- Subscribers
- 402,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 1,573,587
- Channel views, pace per day
- 191,662 (on a normal day: 158,299)
- Video published
- October 7, 2026
- Video views so far
- 30,090 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 48,499
The numbers
The interview's start stands far above what a longer FOX 13 Seattle upload usually does on its first day, and its comment section moved faster still.
