After Putin's Big Fail, Russia Braces for COVID-19 Onslaught

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Only days after the Kremlin assured the Russians that the coronavirus pandemic was under control, Moscow’s Mayor Sergei Sobyanin told Russian President Vladimir Putin that “the momentum is high and a serious situation is unfolding.” Contrary to the previously reported low rate of infection, "the real number of those who are sick is significantly higher,” Sobyanin said. He added that the number of tests conducted to date has been extremely low “and no one on earth knows the real picture.”

On Wednesday, officially released statistics listed 658 coronavirus infections and no deaths. To date, there have been at least 3 known deaths of coronavirus patients in Russia, but they are being attributed to other causes and thereby deceptively omitted from government reports. The official bulletin about the coronavirus, released by Russia’s federal agency Rospotrebnadzor on March 24, states that more than 112,074 people remain under medical supervision.

Concerned Russian doctors sounded the alarm that potential coronavirus cases are being ascribed to pneumonia and seasonal flu without testing. For example, the city of St. Petersburg experienced a sharp jump of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) virus cases. During just one week in March, 63,000 SARS cases and 406 cases of pneumonia have been recorded, according to Interfax. The city’s administration emphasized that the incidence of SARS is at the epidemiological threshold. The Interfax news report did not point out that the official name of the novel coronavirus is SARS-CoV-2.

In light of the Kremlin’s pandemic propensity for lying, the public disregarded initial claims that the government successfully curtailed the spread of the coronavirus. Panic buying ensued, leading to the rising prices of sugar, buckwheat, produce and other food items.

https://news.yahoo.com/putins-big-fail-russia-braces-101837896.html

[BamaRefugee]

1. I predict the death of MoscowMayor, but not from COVID-19

[sop]

2. That deadly polonium virus...

[madinmaryland]

3. Sadly, it seems polonium is the Russian version of COVID19.

[Takket]

4. viruses have a funny way of not giving a flying fuck about government propoganda

and regimes that kill their political opponents.

[Wellstone ruled]

5. With most of the Russian Federation

now experiencing Spring Breakup Season much like our Midwest. That means more Colds and Flu and if Covid is moving as expected,it will be down right ugly.

[Marcuse]

6. just like here at home.

[not_the_one]

7. Maybe Putin will be too busy dealing with his own shit storm to fuck with us.

If the Russian people get fed up, they, unlike Americans, have a higher tendency to speak up about it by taking to the streets. It may not do any good, but they seem to have more of a willingness to confront Putin.

Meanwhile, the turd is probably jonesing from lack of phone time with Pootie Poot. He is probably feeling neglected. The turd is a POS. But I repeat myself....

Maybe the COVID-19 silver lining for both the US and Russia will be that the Pootster and the Turdster grossly mismanages the disaster so badly that both fail... I am not hoping for people to die, they are already going to, the question is how many.

I think we are close to beginning to catch up with our shortages, but the damage has already been done to the turd.

Pootie is just beginning to face the music.

I am SOOO trying to find some good that could come out of this... It is my last, desperate hope...

[58Sunliner]

8. Holy shit. Lying bastards.