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Totally Tunsie

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5. Have to wonder if he'd still be calling for this

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Wed Oct 20, 2021, 05:07 PM

Oct 2021

if "four of seven days already are official state holidays" wasn't the case. So, basically, he's calling for one day off.

This is supposed to accomplish what??? Why not start, say...today!

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Putin keeps workers home for a week as deaths soar [View all] Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 OP

One week off to start 2 weeks in the future to slow COVID? Makes no sense. Raven123 Oct 2021 #1

Like China, the numbers are higher . ... Lovie777 Oct 2021 #2

Dictatorships use their great power, to be short-sighted and make things worse. empedocles Oct 2021 #3

The reason is simple: The russian people do not trust the government that the vaccine is safe. DetlefK Oct 2021 #4

Have to wonder if he'd still be calling for this Totally Tunsie Oct 2021 #5

It is odd BannonsLiver Oct 2021 #6

His action is nothing more than a figurative bandaid Totally Tunsie Oct 2021 #7

Yes. I'm well aware. BannonsLiver Oct 2021 #9

I think they've been massively underreporting their deaths from the start of the pandemic. Crunchy Frog Oct 2021 #8