Russia's Petty Race With the West Ends in Dire COVID Crisis

[Zorro]

Russia seems to have botched its response to COVID in every possible way—and the consequences are disastrous.

After a devastating few months, the latest COVID surge is easing across much of the world. But while most countries are getting better, Russia is actually getting worse.

And for one main reason. “A significant percentage of Russians fear the vaccine more than the virus,” Anna Gotlib, a Russian-born philosopher and bioethicist at Brooklyn College, told The Daily Beast.

And the Russian government, rather than battling vaccine skepticism, has actually encouraged it. All in the hope of scoring a quick buck and owning the West.

Globally, authorities counted around 3 million new coronavirus infections last week—down from 4.6 million at the peak of the surge in early September. Deaths are declining, too. There were 49,000 COVID deaths last week, down from 69,000 six weeks ago.

In Russia, however, the trends are heading in the opposite direction, based on even the most conservative official figures. On Wednesday, the country of 146 million people set all-time official records for daily cases (around 36,000) and deaths (nearly 1,100).

https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-russia-botched-its-covid-19-response-in-every-possible-way

[tanyev]

1. Blowback.

[RainCaster]

2. Vlad gives his people the same nonsense...

That his trolls gave the US.