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soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 02:18 PM Nov 2020

independent demographer in Moscow, who was fired from Rosstat predicts 500,000 deaths from covid in


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Olga Lautman
@OlgaNYC1211
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Nov 21, 2020
Aleksei Raksha, an independent demographer in Moscow, who was fired from Rosstat predicts 500,000 deaths from covid in Russia. Putin's regime tried to cover up the cases/deaths but it is getting more difficult with the widespread horror

Oksana Baulina 🤍❤️🤍
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немного концентрированного, но увлекательного ужаса вам в ленту! например, демограф Алексей Ракша, которого уволили из Росстата, прогнозирует полмиллиона избыточных смертей в России. и следуя заветам @sssmirnov, Ракша заявляет: #БудетХуже! https://vot-tak.tv/novosti/covid_truth_500k_deaths/

Olga Lautman
@OlgaNYC1211
I have been following this since the winter and fear it is even more because they never reported the cases accurately. Many deaths were listed as pneumonia or not counted at all. This wave is so much worse and the images/videos coming out are beyond a nightmare
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independent demographer in Moscow, who was fired from Rosstat predicts 500,000 deaths from covid in (Original Post) soothsayer Nov 2020 OP
I suspect that a lot of countries are not reporting accurately. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #1
Many States in the US Are Also Not Reporting Accurately Indykatie Nov 2020 #2
Actually, I suspect that most states are being pretty accurate. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #3
Dumbass Donald has just been following the lead of his hero. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2020 #4

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,906 posts)
1. I suspect that a lot of countries are not reporting accurately.
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 02:50 PM
Nov 2020

As it is, a century after the 1918 flu epidemic, the actual number of deaths is still being debated.

Indykatie

(3,697 posts)
2. Many States in the US Are Also Not Reporting Accurately
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 04:12 PM
Nov 2020

I'm looking at you Florida and Texas. El Paso is storing excess bodies in refrigerated trucks yet they they continue to report really low daily death counts.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,906 posts)
3. Actually, I suspect that most states are being pretty accurate.
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 04:17 PM
Nov 2020

There's always a lag in reporting, but I'm inclined to believe that for the most part the reporting is accurate.

There are places where funerals and burials just aren't taking place, so bodies need to be stored if they're not being cremated. And our entire morgue and funeral industry is built around the normal number of daily deaths. Any kind of a spike overwhelms the system.

And bringing in the trucks is a sensible thing to do, to get ahead of a higher body count.

And even if Texas and Florida are seriously underreporting, I'll go with most states are doing a fairly accurate job.

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