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denem

(11,045 posts)
Sun May 10, 2020, 10:16 AM May 2020

Russia's 'miracle' health care system.

(File under - I guess they think we are stupid.
I guess we are. No one calls them out.)


https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Russian doctors must be jumping for joy, or out a window,
at such success in keeping their coronavirus patients alive.

Moscow Sees 20% Surge in Mortality in April: Official Data
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/05/10/moscow-sees-20-surge-in-mortality-in-april-official-data-a70235




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LisaL

(47,367 posts)
1. Apparently Russia is counting the cases differently.
Sun May 10, 2020, 10:18 AM
May 2020

If somebody dies from pneumonia, cause of death is listed as pneumonia, not covid, even if pneumonia was caused by covid.

LisaL

(47,367 posts)
3. Trump must be thinking-why didn't US do that?
Sun May 10, 2020, 10:21 AM
May 2020

This way, if somebody with cancer dies from covid, list the cause of death as cancer.
Heart attack, diabetes, etc.
Covid deaths will be really low.

Terry_M

(817 posts)
7. Love it, but we shouldnt stop there
Sun May 10, 2020, 10:31 AM
May 2020

If someone over 65 dies without diabetes or other conditions we could blame instead, we should always just put it down as cause of death: 'old age'.

tanyev

(48,873 posts)
8. Or a person sick with COVID-19 falling out a window.
Sun May 10, 2020, 10:56 AM
May 2020

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Covid death averted, easy peasy.

Brainfodder

(7,781 posts)
9. Truly a credit to the world and such an honorable leader!
Sun May 10, 2020, 11:00 AM
May 2020


Listening to Sarcastic Pillow Album by Beauregard Airplane?

 

denem

(11,045 posts)
10. 'To President Putin, I say keep your eyes to the beautiful future
Sun May 10, 2020, 11:04 AM
May 2020

and maybe, just maybe America will come to Russia as I do, with eyes of love.' - Tara Reade.

Magoo48

(6,710 posts)
11. Everything the Russians do now days is designed to fuck with someone or to fuck something up.
Sun May 10, 2020, 11:20 AM
May 2020

Russia’s numbers, like Saudi Arabia and a few others, are a bad joke.

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