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Putin says coronavirus situation in Russia has stabilized

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Putin says coronavirus situation in Russia has stabilized

If so, that's great news. But information coming from the Russian government, which some say has 'partial' control of media, probably has to be taken as 'partially' factual.

Russia currently ranks second after the United States in the number of infections with 326,448 cases, including 3,249 deaths.

The globe's two nuclear powers. Perhaps if both states had spent less on defense to increase their militaries they could have spent more to have better healthcare. Both nation's general populations continue to pay the costs of their 'elite's' self-serving agendas.

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Ptownsend

The globe's two nuclear powers.

Sorry if that surprises you, but there are a lot more than two nuclear powers in the world.

If you meant the two biggest ones, correct, but China is catching up rapidly.

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But information coming from the Russian government, which some say has 'partial' control of media, probably has to be taken as 'partially' factual

@BigYen

Obviously the Russians are fudging their mortality figures

It's bewildering how some people are trying to break into open gates and fail to comprehend one simple thing: when millions of people have smartphones and use Facebook or Twitter (and Russians are very active with these platforms) it's just impossible to hide mortality figures in any considerable numbers.

where many of the clinics outside Moscow don’t even have running water

Very interesting. Can you share your insights? WHO tells a different strory:

https://russkiymir.ru/en/news/272706/

Actually the Russian medical system fared much better then the Western's for one reason: it retains some approach of the old Soviet system, designed to provide health care for all the populace, particularly in case of emergencies. Very different from philosophy of the Western medical system which is basically designed as business, providing medical services for those who can afford them.

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@BigYen

My "insights" are from Russia's Chief Auditor him/herself

Interesting. I wonder what is the situation in Ameican and European medical facilities outside big cities, do they have all they need.

what I'm reading is that if someone who dies with Covid-19 has a pre-existing condition, Russia is counting the death as being due to that pre-existing condition

Sure, only Russians do that!! I've read that in UK, for example, patients were kindly asked not to come to hospitals and not to bother ambulances untill they are 100percent sure they problems are the result of only COVID-19. And a couple of weeks ago I posted an opinion of the top Sweden epidemiologist how Sweden authorities hide the real extent of the epidemy in order not to spoil the statistics and to save money.

I'd take the Australian public health system over the Russian any time

Oh, I believe you. Given the difference in the size of the population and the distribution on that population across the country, it's no wonder. Australians don't have to build hospitals in hundreds widely dispersed towns and villages.

The US system vs the Russian? Hmm, not so certain

Take into account one thing: in Russia many basic medical procedures are still free of charge (or at symbolic charge). About a year ago I read an article how in the U.S. one volunteer group organized once a health check for people without the health insurance. There were long lines, literally hundreds of people who were unable to afford a visit to a doctor for years.

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