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Kablooie

(18,641 posts) Thu Mar 19, 2020, 11:19 PM Mar 2020

Has anyone heard any news from Russia? Any idea how hard it's hitting them?

I wonder if Putin will just try to hide it and let people die, just like Trump wanted to do.

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Has anyone heard any news from Russia? Any idea how hard it's hitting them? (Original Post) Kablooie Mar 2020 OP

One can only hope Xipe Totec Mar 2020 #1

So far, so bad. SunSeeker Mar 2020 #6

As far as I can tell, Trump is still trying hard. dchill Mar 2020 #2

I'm way more interested in the numbers out of India. NoMoreRepugs Mar 2020 #3

India's so crowded I wonder if they even could keep apart? Kablooie Mar 2020 #8

Putin is more worried about oil dropping below $23 per barrel. Ilsa Mar 2020 #4

You can bet Putin will let his people die, in the fine tradition of Stalin. SunSeeker Mar 2020 #5

Russia is showing at 199 cases Bev54 Mar 2020 #7

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)

1. One can only hope

Reply to Kablooie (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2020, 11:21 PM

Mar 2020

That they're trying the Trump recipe ten-fold.

Let's see how good an outcome they get by pretending the problem doesn't exist.

SunSeeker

(51,698 posts)

6. So far, so bad.

Reply to Xipe Totec (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 19, 2020, 11:41 PM

Mar 2020

It is pretty clear Covid-19 is raging through Russia, considering the huge spike in "pneumonia" cases.

The number of cases of pneumonia, which can be caused by coronavirus, increased by 37 percent in Moscow year-on-year in January, according to Rosstat, Russia's statistics agency.

The data showed that the Russian capital, which has 98 confirmed cases of coronavirus, recorded 6,921 pneumonia cases in January, up from 5,058 the previous year. Nationwide pneumonia cases also spiked by over 3 percent year-on-year.

Yet Moscow's own health department issued a statement on March 13 saying pneumonia cases in January and February were actually 8% and 7% lower than last year.

https://news.yahoo.com/sharp-increase-moscow-pneumonia-cases-162718088.html

And that's just January. And just in Moscow.